WVWest Virginia field entry
Cool Springs Park
Rowlesburg, WV
A Route 50 general store and diner that spills outside into a roadside park packed with antique farm machinery, railroad equipment, a water wheel and other curiosities while still selling food, fuel and souvenirs.
Cool Springs Park is less a single store type than a surviving roadside ecosystem: general store, restaurant, gas stop, gift shop and sprawling open-air machinery park.
Field notes
Why it belongs
General-store retail, food service, fuel, souvenirs and an outdoor antique farm-and-railroad-equipment environment operating as one roadside destination.
General-store retail, food service, fuel, souvenirs and an outdoor antique farm-and-railroad-equipment environment operating as one roadside destination.
Cool Springs Park combines a working roadside general store, restaurant, fuel and convenience stop, and gift-and-souvenir shop with an open-air collection of antique farm and railroad equipment. The Route 50 property also includes a large water wheel, fish ponds, picnic space and a children's train/play area, while produce, flowers or plants and unusual animals can change with the season. Those outdoor displays are part of the visitor environment rather than sale inventory or a formal museum. The restaurant menu changes, and no specific dish, animal or historic object is guaranteed. The store, restaurant and park remain one integrated profile.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- General store
- Restaurant
- Gas stop
- Souvenirs
- Antique farm equipment
- Railroad equipment
- Roadside park
- Water wheel
- Produce and plants