Lodging in West Virginia

Manor Houses at Glade Springs Resort

West Virginia has long been known for hospitality. Before the age of motels and motor vehicles, guests were welcomed at inns, cabins, and hotels that clustered around healing springs and sheltered in cool mountain coves.  Wherever you go in West Virginia, you'll find warm, welcoming folk who are ready to host guests and share their renowned Appalachian approach to conviviality.

Lodging in West Virginia is most frequently found in and near its largest cities, in resort areas, and along its major highways. Our list of hotels and motels in more than 350 communities includes lodging near casinos and universities as well.

Advertisement

Cabins and lodges accommodate guests throughout West Virginia but are most frequently found near state parks and vacation destinations. Fishing cabins along its rivers and hunting cabins among its forests are as popular as romantic winter and summer lodging alternatives.

Country Inns and bed-and-breakfasts are popular throughout most of rural West Virginia and are most common in communities near its resorts, national parks, and vacation areas. Bed-and breakfast lodging is also common in large and small towns with historical districts.

Camping in West Virginia is a popular pastime and form of primitive lodging in all but the coldest months. State parks and national parks and forests in West Virginia are renown for providing exemplary campgrounds, and private campgrounds rate among the best in the U.S.

Advertisement

Some of best lodging in West Virginia can’t be classified under ordinary terms. Neither inn nor cabin nor cottage nor hotel, these specialty lodging venues may be found throughout West Virginia, in both forests and small towns and cities.


Help build our guide to lodging in West Virginia.

When you encounter hotels, motels, cabins, and inns that haven't been listed in our lodging directory for lodging in West Virginia, please let the proprietor know of the opportunity to be included.

West Virginia Lodging News

In the wooded hills of northern West Virginia, Vegetable Main appeared in 1968.

The legend of the Vegetable Man: How a bloodsucking alien left its mark on...

0
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A lesser-known encounter with an extraordinary Mountain State cryptid is still capturing the imagination of West Virginians a half century later. On...
Woodburn Hall at West Virginia University looms over a Halloween scene.

Professors at WVU trace Halloween through ancient, cross-cultural traditions

0
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — From cauldrons to candy corn, favorite Halloween traditions in the U.S. have been brewing for thousands of years, according to two...
The legendary lost silver mine of Johnathan Swift may have been delved near the forks of the Big Sandy River.

Account claims lost Swift silver mine delved near Big Sandy River in West Virginia

1
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — One of the most appealing of all Appalachian legends is that of the tale of the Lost Silver Mine of Johnathan...
The Nuttalburg tipple greets visitors to a remote corner of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.

Eight ghost towns in southern West Virginia worth visiting

4
THURMOND, W.Va. — One of the richest aspects of history in southern West Virginia involves coal mining. Following the Civil War, coal production in...
Historic Movie Theaters in West Virginia: The marquee over the Star Theater in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, glows in the Potomac night.

Historic movie theaters in West Virginia: reviving a cultural legacy in rural areas

1
ELKINS, W.Va. — Historic movie theaters in West Virginia once played a vital role in isolated sections of the Mountain State, says a historian...