Elk Forest
Elk Forest is a residential community out Elk Forest Road, which turns off U.S. Route 119 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Originally built in the late 1950s-early 1960s, it is a part of Mink Shoals, originally willed for development by Amanda Pitzer at her death, now buried at a small cemetery across the road from Elk Forest along Ventura Acres Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Elk Forest, West Virginia” and “Elk Forest, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schoenbaum Stadium and McLaughlin Air National Guard base.
Schoenbaum Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wolfgang8741, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schoenbaum Stadium is a soccer stadium in Charleston, West Virginia located in Coonskin Park. The 6,000-seat stadium is home to West Virginia United of USL League Two.
McLaughlin Air National Guard base
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
McLaughlin Air National Guard base is a military installation.
Capital High School
School
Capital High School is a public high school located in Charleston, West Virginia, United States created from a consolidation of Charleston High School and Stonewall Jackson High School in 1989.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilson and Mink Shoals.
Wilson
Hamlet
Wilson is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Wilson is 3.25 miles northeast of Charleston.
Mink Shoals
Hamlet
Mink Shoals is an unincorporated community along U.S. Route 119 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States and can be accessed by Interstate 79, Exit 1.
Etowah
Hamlet
Etowah is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The name Etowah is Native American in origin.
Elk Forest
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.38954° or 38° 23′ 22″ northLongitude
-81.59318° or 81° 35′ 35″ westElevation
686 feet (209 metres)Open location code
86CW9CQ4+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 154396069OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Elk Forest” goes by many names.
- French: “Elk Forest”
- Irish: “Elk Forest”
- Spanish: “Elk Forest”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Knollwood and Elk Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Commission Fellowship and Trinity United Methodist Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Elk Forest”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.