Ara Retreats
A growing family of West Virginia retreats.
A more restful way to experience wild, beautiful West Virginia, with the comfort to slow down and truly take in its nature and its culture. New River Gorge opens first, and you help choose where we go next.
Open first
Where it begins.
Our first campground takes root in the New River Gorge region, on 77 acres of mountainside near Danese, West Virginia.
New River Gorge Region
Danese, West Virginia
Explore the regionMore coming soon
You decide where Ara goes next.
We are scouting West Virginia for the next Ara. Vote for the place you want most, from the Highlands to the Eastern Panhandle, and watch the leaderboard fill in live.
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Tucker CountyBlackwater Falls & Canaan Valley
Amber waterfalls and hemlock canyons by Davis, with a high valley of ski slopes and wide skies just up the road.
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Potomac HighlandsSeneca Rocks
Sheer quartzite fins rising from the Monongahela National Forest.
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Pocahontas CountyWatoga State Park
West Virginia's largest state park, deep in the Allegheny forest.
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Bluestone GorgePipestem State Park
A state park perched on the rim of the Bluestone canyon.
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Eastern PanhandleCacapon State Park
A mountain lake and forest trails near Berkeley Springs.
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Near MorgantownCoopers Rock
Clifftop overlooks above the Cheat River canyon.
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Eastern PanhandleHarpers Ferry
A historic river town where the Shenandoah meets the Potomac.
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Hardy CountyLost River State Park
Historic cabins and the sweeping Cranny Crow overlook in the eastern highlands.
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