Welcome Centers

Stop by and chat with our friendly staff at a Welcome Center located throughout West Virginia. Pick up brochures, paper maps and directions. Let us provide you with information about hotels, motels, state parks and bed & breakfasts in Almost Heaven.

Roads to Almost Heaven

The state is easily accessible by six interstates. The only toll road is the West Virginia Turnpike, Interstate 77 between Princeton and Charleston. With Welcome Centers in almost every corner of the state it can be easy to find a friend that will point you in the right direction.

West Virginia Welcome Centers

Staffed Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Parksways Authority Service Centers, West Virginia Turnpike

Steven Meadows
WV Parkways Authority
Tourist Information Centers Supervisor
Phone:  304-256-6702 Ext. 310
Fax:  304-256-6708

I-77 Service Plazas

West Virginia Tourist Information Center

Exit 9 186 Greasy Ridge Road, Princeton, WV 24740 Route 460
Phone: 304-487-2214
Phone: 304-487-2130

Bluestone Travel Plaza

West Virginia Turnpike, Mile 18 Northbound
Hot and cold food available

Morton Travel Plaza

currently closed
West Virginia Turnpike, Mile 72 Northbound
Hot and cold food available

Beckley Travel Plaza

West Virginia Turnpike, Mile 45 North and Southbound
Hot and cold food available
Mailing address: 501 VanKirk Drive, Beckley, WV 25801

Tamarack Crafts Center

West Virginia Turnpike, Mile 45 North and Southbound
Mailing address: 1 Tamarack Park, Beckley, WV 25801 Phone: 1-888-262-7225

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