Fairfax Stone State Park
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Fairfax Stone State Park is a small historic park in West Virginia that preserves the Fairfax Stone, a colonial-era boundary marker that once defined the limits of Lord Fairfax’s land grant and helped shape state borders.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state park ⓘ |
| area | approximately 4 acres ⓘ |
| category |
Boundary markers
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in West Virginia ⓘ Protected areas of Grant County, West Virginia ⓘ State parks of West Virginia ⓘ |
| contains | headwaters of the North Branch Potomac River ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevation | approximately 3,000 feet ⓘ |
| established | 1957 ⓘ |
| hasAccessRoad | West Virginia Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | approximately 39.200°N 79.485°W ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | West Virginia state park ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historical marker
ⓘ
monumented boundary stone ⓘ parking area ⓘ picnic area ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveSignage | yes ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Fairfax Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCommunity | Bayard, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationActivity |
historical interpretation
ⓘ
picnicking ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
associated with colonial-era land grant of Lord Fairfax
ⓘ
helped define boundary between Maryland and Virginia (pre-Civil War) ⓘ helped define boundary between Maryland and West Virginia ⓘ marks former western boundary of Lord Fairfax’s Northern Neck Proprietary ⓘ |
| isDayUseOnly | yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | West Virginia state park system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAtSourceOf | North Branch Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Grant County, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Maryland–West Virginia border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monongahela National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgency | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Section NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Fairfax Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity |
Davis, West Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | State of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAttraction | Fairfax Stone monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | preservation of the Fairfax Stone boundary marker ⓘ |
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