Elkins Travel Guide

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Elkins is a city of 7,032 people (as of 2000) in Randolph County, West Virginia. It was incorporated in 1890, and named for Stephen Benton Elkins, a US senator from 1891 to 1893 who came from West Virginia. Because of its size and convenient location, you'll likely want to use Elkins as a base to get to a variety of nearby sights and attractions: one hour East will bring you to the Monongahela National Forest, Canaan Valley, Timberline and the region's caverns; one hour North will bring you to Blackwater Falls State Park and the pretty mountain town of Thomas; and one hour South will bring you to Snowshoe Mountain.

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