MC
Est. 1957 · Princeton, WVHistorical Society

Mercer County & beyond

Stay & explore.

A festival this weekend. A scenic afternoon. A few days away. Find your next outing and make a plan that fits.

Find festivals & events ↓Browse places to go ↓

Make it your kind of day.

Find family outingsSearch parks, scenery, rides, caves, campuses, and more. Find history & genealogy placesOpen museums, archives, cemeteries, Civil War sites, placards, and Across America. Find festivals & eventsBrowse dates, explore statewide listings, and check MCHS programs. Build a tripCreate a private itinerary that stays in this browser.
Find a date worth getting out for

Festivals & events.

Full community calendar →

Explore current West Virginia Tourism listings, then check the organizer's page for times, admission, and last-minute changes. Statewide results may be farther from Mercer County.

Loading the official statewide festival directory…

Source: Browse WV Tourism events ↗. West Virginia has hundreds of festivals across the year; this is the official calendar's current festival search, not an exhaustive list.

Nearby highlights & MCHS programsSeparately verified regional dates and the next Society events.

Upcoming regional festivals

Hosted by other organizations. Recheck the linked official source before travel.

Loading verified regional dates…

Next 3 events at MCHS

Full Events Calendar →

Loading the next 3 confirmed events…

Somewhere new, something familiar

Find your next outing.

Parks, caves, scenic rides, campuses, and family fun. Looking for museums, archives, or genealogy? Find history & genealogy places.

Use each destination's Directions link for a current route. Save a place to My History Trip before adding dining, lodging, or nearby activities.Loading verified festival dates…
Open the interactive destination mapOptional. The directory cards above contain the same places and direct links.

Select a marker for context, official information, directions, and Add to Trip. Displayed festival dates come from the separately verified date record; always recheck the linked official calendar before travel. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby colleges and universitiesOptional campus information for southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
Colleges and universities

Higher Education Nearby

Explore colleges and universities in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia. Visit each institution's official website for current tour schedules, admissions information, events, parking, and accessibility.

Private itinerary wizard

Build one editable, day-by-day trip.

Choose a known starting city, trip length, pace, and interests. The draft stays in this browser; no address, account, or location service is used.

“Accessible pace” reduces the number of stops; it does not certify accessibility. Confirm entrances, terrain, restrooms, seating, mobility-device access, and accommodations directly.

Find lodging, dining, and current visitor informationOptional links maintained by local and statewide tourism partners.
Stay, eat & plan

Use current local visitor information.

Lodging, dining, transportation, and recreation listings change frequently, so those details remain with local tourism partners.

StayCurrent hotels, cabins, and accommodations ↗EatPartner-maintained dining choices ↗EventsWider county events calendar ↗Drawdy Falls swingOfficial Almost Heaven swing listing ↗
Historic markers and local places →
One home for history

Looking for museums, markers, or history tours?

Historic Places brings Mercer County sites, museums, self-guided routes, markers, archives, genealogy, and wider American history together.

Open Historic Places →