Qualla: Audra State Park https://qualla.com/audra-state-park en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/n/audra-state-park-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Audra State Park https://qualla.com/audra-state-park Audra State Park: Introduction https://qualla.com/audra-state-park/ Photo credit Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5. The town of Audra is gone. The gristmill that used to turn here in the nineteenth century is gone too. But the spillway it carved into the Middle Fork River is still there, visible in the current. And around that vanished community and that surviving stonework, West Virginia built Audra State Park - 355 acres of secondary forest, sandstone ledges, and swimming holes in southwestern Barbour County, where summer afternoons in the deep pools have become a kind of inherited family ritual.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/n/audra-state-park-wp/dnzn-audra-state-park-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Audra State Park: The Middle Fork Cuts Through https://qualla.com/audra-state-park/ Photo credit Public domain. The park's defining feature is the Middle Fork River, which bisects the hilly terrain on its way north toward the Tygart Valley River. The Middle Fork has cut deep pools into the bedrock here, leaving large flat rocks along the banks that local teenagers and college students have...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/n/audra-state-park-wp/dnzn-audra-state-park-the-middle-fork-cuts-through.mp3 0:06 2 full Audra State Park: Alum Cave on a Boardwalk https://qualla.com/audra-state-park/ Photo credit Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0. The park's most distinctive feature is Alum Cave - not a true cave but an overhanging sandstone ledge that creates a long, sheltered passage along the river. The state built a boardwalk under the overhang, letting visitors walk dry along the rock face and look up at the geology. ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/n/audra-state-park-wp/dnzn-audra-state-park-alum-cave-on-a-boardwalk.mp3 0:06 3 full Audra State Park: Sixty-Seven Sites and a 6.6-Mile Run https://qualla.com/audra-state-park/ Photo credit Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0. Audra serves as the put-in for a 6.6-mile kayak run that follows the Middle Fork for about 2.8 miles before joining the Tygart Valley River for another 3.8 miles down to the confluence with the Buckhannon River. The run is moderate, scenic, and the kind of half-day trip that make...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/n/audra-state-park-wp/dnzn-audra-state-park-sixty-seven-sites-and-a-6-6-mile-run.mp3 0:06 4 full Audra State Park: What the Park Has and Has Not https://qualla.com/audra-state-park/ Photo credit Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0. West Virginia University assessed the park's accessibility through its Center for Excellence in Disabilities. The campground, picnic area, and park offices were found to be accessible. The main swimming hole below the old gristmill site, however, is not - the rocks are wet and sl...

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