| Audra State Park | |
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  Location of Audra State Park in West Virginia | |
| Location | Barbour &Upshur, West Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°02′25″N80°03′55″W / 39.04028°N 80.06528°W /39.04028; -80.06528 |
| Area | 355 acres (144 ha) |
| Elevation | 1,811 ft (552 m) |
| Established | 1950[2] |
| Named for | Audra, West Virginia |
| Governing body | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
| Website | wvstateparks |
Audra State Park is aWest Virginiastate park located on 355 acres (1.44 km2)[3] in southwesternBarbour County. It was established around the remnants of an early 19th-centurygristmill and the tiny community ofAudra. A gristmill spillway is still visible in the river.[4]
The park is a hilly, secondary forest area bisected by theMiddle Fork River. The deep pools, large, flat rocks, and riverside beach have provided generations of campers, local teens and college students a place to swim or work on their tans.[5] Audra State Park is the site ofAlum Cave, which is accessible by aboardwalk built along this overhanging sandstone ledge.
The park serves as the put-in point for a 6.6 milekayak run along about 2.8 miles the Middle Fork River and about 3.8 miles of theTygart Valley River to the confluence of the latter with theBuckhannon River.[6]
Accessibility for thedisabled was assessed byWest Virginia University. The assessment found the campground, picnic area, and park offices to be accessible.[7] The main swimming hole (just below the site of the former gristmill), with wet, slippery rocks and unpaved approaches is not considered accessible.