My father, Cecil A. McGrew, was in the CCC and was at LRSP for five months from 1939-1940. He was 18 years old. Says Barbara McGrew Kuchau
Lost River State Park is a beautiful section of wilderness where everyone has a fine time. There is fine outdoors recreation at Lost River State Park, so you may have a good time while here. A cool spot to take a look at near Lost River State Park is Cheeks Rocks, and Miller Rock is rather close. There are so many amusing things to do for everybody to enjoy. Camping is available at Orkney Springs Campgrounds.
A pleasant place to camp here at Lost River State Park is Blue Hole Campground; at Lost River State Park you always meet someone from Mathias. Summertime highs at Lost River State Park mostly tend to be in the 80's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's ordinarily in the 50's.
All through the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Lost River State Park are in the 10's. A tour to Lost River State Park is a nice selection when you have to spend some time in the outdoors. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Lost River State Park; North Mountain Trail is a nice local trail, and Lost River State Park is good enough to spend more than a day at, Riverside Cabins and RV Park is a good local campground. Lost River State Park has beautiful nature scenery for your viewing gratification. Camping
at Scott's Cabins and RV Park is always a tremendous experience, and get your pulse rate up on the delightful whitewater of Potomac River - South Fork of the South Branch. Lost River State Park gets a common amount of rain; July is the wettest month with most rain; February is
when it's the driest. You completely ought to love Lost River State Park. There's glorious hiking along the Hunkerson Gap Trail. There's so much to do here at Lost River State Park that you need to camp here for a while, Big Ridge Campground is a brilliant site for that. It's a popular place to go to for the people of Mathias.
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My dad, Erlo, helped build LRSP in the '30's with the CCC. He was only 14 or 15, as he was born 1919.
- Craig Leeson
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