Today my husband and I took a stroll around the fishing lake at Coonskin Park on Hoppy Shores Dr in…read moreCharleston, WV We are both Charleston natives and we discussed how much the park has changed in our 60 yrs on earth. The park, especially on a gorgeous 80 degree Sunny Sunday day, would have been jammed pack with bumper to bumper cars cruising through the park. Every field, every table, every inch being utilized BUT not today! Today's generation doesn't like to go outside. A park goes to waste on them. It's a true shame. Tony and I walked around the small groups of people fishing and talking. We saw 2 turtles. I took pics of flowers and the beautiful scenery while our grandson enjoyed the playground with his mother. My only concern is that people are NOT using the trash cans. Pure lazy people! The cans were not full, people just chose not to take the few extra steps to throw stuff away properly!!

As a PA native, I never explored all the nooks and crannies of The Mountain State quite like this…read morebefore. With a name like Coonskin Park, it has to be a great place. I quite like it for the pickle ball courts. The groundhogs, however, despise this place since the lead groundskeeper of the groundhog community left many years ago to audition for the next Punxsutawney Phil role. He won the audition, which meant the rest of the groundhog community had surrendered their power and naming rights to Radical Ringtail, the leader of the Charleston Trash Panda gang. Now putting that totally irrelevant nonsense to the side, we can expect many great things to come from the beautiful views and scenic West Virginia trails.

I have went swimming at the pool in Ripley the past three days with my grandchildren…read more It cost $4 cash or check only Hours are basically Noon to 5 most days! Open 7 days per week Sunday 1pm to 5pm They have concessions that are priced very economically for everyone! Children are allowed floats and Toys and there is a separate baby wading pool and a Slide with a few diving boards. Ya'll come on down!!

They don't keep kiddy pool clean, the staff is rude especially the manager. If you are not friends…read morewith the manager you are treated horrible. Things are not kept clean and the manager spends most of her time tanning getting snippy when she has to do anything.

The escape room is great! I highly recommend the Dirty Money Good Deed escape room. It is a…read moreHatfield-McCoy, bootlegging escape room theme. It is the best one I have been to. You go online to reserve your time slot and you get an hour to try and escape. Good luck trying to beat the clock and get out.

From the owner: The Larry Joe Harless Community Center enriches lives in the southern West Virginia area by…read moreoffering health, educational, recreational, and cultural opportunities. In addition to an Olympic size swimming pool open year-round, we also offer an expansive and impressive gym with a walking track, dozens of free weights, elliptical machines, and more. LJHCC offers youth swimming, gymnastics, and basketball leagues as well as several programs for seniors including Tai Chi and Water Aerobics. The center also offers rental and catering services for weddings, parties, baby showers, and more.

The pool is great! the servers and lifeguards were extremely nice…read more The cost is reasonable, the concession is great for poolside snacks. the kids loved it and had a wonderful time. highly recommend!!!!

The concession stand is a joke, the server was rude, didn't smile and it was my first time here. I…read moresaw "pizza" on the menu. I asked for 2 slices of pizza. I wasn't corrected, just charged for it. It was 2 microwaved sams party pizzas . My Gatorade was a powerade. The "icee", I thought was the icee band slushie, it was a popsicle. The pretzel was out of a super pretzel box, also microwaved. The water smells and looks funny.