Editing Huntington, West Virginia (section)

==Parks and recreation==
{{Main|Recreation in Huntington, West Virginia}}
Huntington is home to eleven public parks around the city, maintained by the [[Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District]]. The most frequented are Harris Riverfront Park downtown and Ritter Park on the South Side. [[Camden Park (amusement park)|Camden Park]], an amusement park, is also adjacent to the city. Camden Park is West Virginia's only amusement park. The park has been open since 1903.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camdenpark.com/|title=Camden|access-date=October 8, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20141126145238/http%3A//www.camdenpark.com/|archive-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref> [[Pullman Square]] features many restaurants and shops and a stage for live performances.

===Ritter Park===
{{Main|Ritter Park}}
[[File:FootbridgesAtRitterPark.jpg|thumb|A few of the footbridges across Four Pole Creek below the rose garden in [[Ritter Park]]]]
The most prominent park within Huntington's public park system, Ritter Park was named for Charles L. Ritter who donated the site. It was created in 1913 by Rufus Switzer, a city council member.<ref name="American Planning Association">{{cite web|title=Great Places in America: Public Spaces|url=http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/#WV|publisher=American Planning Association|access-date=February 11, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208102000/http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/#WV|archive-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> It consists of numerous lengthy walking and cycling trails along Four Pole Creek, which runs the entire length of the park and is crossed by many wooden and stone [[footbridge]]s. There are also restroom facilities, picnic tables, a shelter, a children's playground, an amphitheater, a rose garden, and a dog park.

The park was officially opened in September 1913. Architect Gus Wofford was hired by the city to design the park and its amenities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Places in America: Public Spaces|url=http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/#WV|publisher=Americal Planning Association (APA)|access-date=February 11, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208102000/http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/#WV|archive-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> His works continued till the 1930s and includes bridges that cross streams, tennis courts, greenhouse, and picnic facilities.<ref name="American Planning Association"/> It is in the [[Ritter Park Historic District]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1990.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

The Rose Garden and the playground are among the amenities of Ritter Park that attract tourists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Places in America: Public Spaces|url=http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/#WV|publisher=American Planning Association|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211113416/http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/spaces/2012/#WV|archive-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> The Rose Garden, including the "Room with a View", is used for weddings and special occasions. The Rose Garden has more than 3,500 rose plants. The garden bordered by stone walls is designed to place benches for the events. In addition to the weddings, the annual Rose Show and the Summer Nature Programs are presented here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Touting Huntington: Rittter Park|url=http://www.cityofhuntington.com/pages/tour-ritterpark.html|publisher=City of Huntington|access-date=February 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101035059/http://www.cityofhuntington.com/pages/tour-ritterpark.html|archive-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref> Each year the roses are tested and provided by the American Rose Society.<ref name="American Planning Association"/>

===Other parks===
[[File:Harris Riverfront in the Fall.jpg|thumb|Harris Riverfront Park with the Robert C. Byrd Bridge crossing the [[Ohio River]] in the background]]
Harris Riverfront Park is located downtown on the [[Ohio River]]. It host a number of concert and music events,<ref>Spencer, Chris. [http://www.huntingtonnews.net/events/050703-spencer-jamboree.html "Thousands Jam Harris Riverfront Park for Music, Fireworks"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720161348/http://www.huntingtonnews.net/events/050703-spencer-jamboree.html |date=July 20, 2008}}, ''Huntington News Network'', July 3, 2005.</ref><ref>Seaton, Tony. [https://archive.today/20120801212611/http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/070902-localxfest.html "X-Fest Xcitement"], ''Huntington News Network'', September 2, 2007.</ref> including free open-air movie showings.<ref>''Huntington Herald-Dispatch''. [http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment/x1103452746/No-Headline Starlight Cinema Returns to Harris Riverfront Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110170718/http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment/x1103452746/No-Headline |date=January 10, 2014}}, July 17, 2008.</ref>

[[File:Memorial Arch 2012-10-04 14-18-04.jpg|thumb|The [[Memorial Arch (Huntington, West Virginia)|Memorial Arch]] in Memorial Park, October 2012]]
Memorial Park is at 1301 Memorial Boulevard. It contains a walking trail, a small playground, a picnic shelter, and a small restroom. The two-mile (3 km) walking trail merges with the one-mile (1.6 km) trail around the main Ritter Park at 8th Street & North Blvd. Huntington's [[Memorial Arch (Huntington, West Virginia)|Memorial Arch]] is a historic [[Memorial gates and arches|memorial arch]] in Memorial Park. It was built between 1924 and 1929 by the Cabell County War Memorial Association as a memorial to the dead and to those who served the county in World War I. It is built of gray [[Indiana limestone]] on a gray [[granite]] base. It measures {{convert|42|ft|m}} high, {{convert|34|ft|m}} wide, and {{convert|9|ft|m}} deep. It features [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]] style [[bas-relief]] carvings. The structure was rededicated in 1980. It is the only triumphal style arch in West Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/81000597.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Memorial Arch|date=December 1980|access-date=July 23, 2011|author=Rodney S. Collins|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629193249/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/81000597.pdf|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1981.<ref name="nris"/>

McClelland Park is located along the [[Ohio River]] near [[St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington)|St. Mary's Hospital]]. It is named after James L. McClelland, a former Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District director. It features two tennis courts, a basketball court, a water fountain, a children's playground, two scenic swings, a grill, and two picnic areas (one sheltered, one on mulch). It was formerly named ''27th Street Park'', named for the street it lies on.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://visithuntingtonwv.org/company/mcclelland-park-3/|title=Visit Huntington - McClelland Park|publisher=Visit Huntington|access-date=July 22, 2023|archive-date=July 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722041034/https://visithuntingtonwv.org/company/mcclelland-park-3/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Harveytown Park is one of the newest parks in the [[Harveytown, Huntington, West Virginia|Harveytown district]]. It currently features six picnic tables, one of which is handicap accessible, an electrical outlet, a grill, a water fountain, and restrooms. Construction on Phase I of the new park began on October 28, 2003. The financing and coordination was a joint effort between the city of Huntington, HUD CDBG funds, and the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District. During Phase I, the initial park site was cleared and prepared, underground utilities were installed, a main entrance and parking lot was constructed, and the picnic shelter was installed. The shelter was unique in that it was both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Possible expansion plans include a skateboard facility, bicycle trails and tennis courts.<ref>Smith, Sheanna. "Park district to unveil improvement plan." Herald-Dispatch. April 29, 2004. September 26, 2006 {{cite web |url=http://www.marshall.edu/cber/media/040429-HD-unveil.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205060617/http://www.marshall.edu/cber/media/040429-HD-unveil.PDF |archive-date=February 5, 2012}}.</ref>

[[Camp Mad Anthony Wayne]] is on Spring Valley Drive. Named for [[Anthony Wayne]], a frontier army general, it contains vast open grounds, swings and sliding boards, hiking trails, a disc golf course, numerous picnic tables, an open campfire circle, and a lodge. The facility sleeps 28 and contains a bathroom and shower facilities. It is host to two large wood-fired fireplaces. Part of the park was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name="nris"/> The eight historic buildings are the camp lodge building (1931), four nearly identical gable roofed, stone, rustic vernacular cottages dated to 1942; a gable-roofed, stone, rustic vernacular caretaker's house and two associated outbuildings, dated to 1944. The lodge is a gable-roofed, brick, rustic vernacular building.

===Paul Ambrose Trail for Health===
[[File:AmbroseTrail.jpg|thumb|The Paul Ambrose Trail for Health (PATH) going under the Fifth Avenue and [[East Huntington Bridge|Thirty-first Street]] bridges]]
The Paul Ambrose Trail for Health is a bicycle and pedestrian trail system in Huntington designed to create interconnected loops around each of the neighborhood parks. The namesake, Dr. Paul Ambrose, was a young physician who was killed at the Pentagon in the [[September 11 attacks]].{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} The Rahall Transportation Institute Foundation, in association with the City of Huntington and various community members, has designed this trail system to incorporate many of Huntington's amenities and workplaces to allow the citizens of Huntington an alternative means of transportation.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===Beech Fork State Park===
[[Beech Fork State Park]] is located roughly {{convert|15|mi|km}} south of downtown Huntington. The park is on the tailwater shores of [[Beech Fork Lake]], a flood control impoundment of the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] on the Beech Fork of [[Twelvepole Creek]]. Beech Fork Lake as a flood control impoundment was authorized by the [[Flood Control Act]] of October 23, 1962, and was constructed by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] in the mid-1970s. The lake was completed and dedicated in May 1978.