Buckhannon

city in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States

Buckhannon is a city of 5,725 people in West Virginia, and the only incorporated community in Upshur County. It was established in 1816 and named for Buckongahelas, a Native American chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe who often hunted around the area, and whose name was often mispronounced by English settlers as "Buckongehanon".

Get in

Buckhannon is located on US-33 between Weston and Elkins.

Get around

See

  • 🌍 West Virginia Wildlife Center, 163 Wildlife Road, French Creek (Route 20, 12 miles south of Buckhannon), ☏ +1 304-924-6211. Open daily from 9AM-5PM. A modern zoological facility displaying native and introduced state wildlife, with a 1.25-mile interpretive trail through a mature hardwood forest. 
  • 🌍 Audra State Park, 8397 Audra Park Rd (near the town of Audra). Has a lively creek and a boardwalk that enters a passage below a sandstone overhang called Audra Cave. (updated Jul 2024)

Do

  • West Virginia Strawberry Festival, ☏ +1 304-472-9036. Downtown Buckhannon. Held the third week in May since 1936. Parades, a carnival, fireworks, helicopter rides, arts and crafts exhibits, quilt show, photography show, souvenir shop, band competition, car show, live entertainment, a strawberry auction and a sweetest berry contest. 

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Go next

  • Weston is about 20 minutes west on US-33.
  • Elkins is about 30 minutes east on US-33.
  • Clarksburg is about 40 minutes north on I-79.
Routes through Buckhannon
Columbus ← Weston ←  W  E  → Elkins → Harrisonburg


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