Some West Virginia state parks are encouraging friends, families and meeting planners to use their facilities through a January promotion.
Officials say some of the state parks are offering discounted rates for lodging. Room rates are $50 for standard forest and mountain view rooms, including weekends.
State parks participating in the promotion are: Cacapon Resort, Chief Logan Lodge, Hawks Nest, North Bend, Pipestem Resort, Twin Falls Resort and Tygart Lake.
Reservations can be made by calling the participating parks in advance and asking for the WV50 rate promotion.
Blackwater Falls State Park also is offering discounted rates for certain times of the week for both January and February.