Babcock State Park - A Photographer's Dream

Located along the New River Gorge in Fayette County, West Virginia, is Babcock State Park. The park offers activites such as camping, canoeing, fishing and hiking. In this park is the famous Glade Creek Grist Mill, considered to be the most photographed tourist site in West Virginia. It has been the subject of many a postcard and painting.

The Glade Creek Grist Mill is a replica of the Cooper's Mill which was located nearby. The Glade Creek Grist Mill was completed in 1976 and is made up of parts of 3 other West Virginia mills. The basic structure of the mill came from the Stoney Creek Grist Mill which dates back to 1890. Other parts of the mill came from the Spring Run Grist Mill and the Onego Grist Mill.

Nowadays, the Glade Creek Grist Mill is a fully operational mill which provides freshly ground cornmeal and buckwheat flour which visitors to the park may purchase in the park's gift shop.