Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park

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137 Juliana St
Parkersburg, WV 26101
Located on a small island in the Ohio River, Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park features a Palladian mansion on the island and museum of regional history located in Parkersburg. This unique state park is visited by 40,000 people each year. This historical park is accessed by a sternwheeler riverboat from Point Park on 2nd Street in Parkersburg. Once on the island, visitors may enjoy tours of the grounds and mansion and horse-drawn carriage rides. Tours are offered when the park is open, from May through the last weekend of October. Hours vary throughout the season. Call ahead to confirm details.

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4.528 reviews
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Deanna P.
5/14/2024

What a great experience! Ferry tickets have to be purchased at the Museum, which is a short walk from where you board the ferry. You can also purchase a package for the ferry, mansion tour, wagon...

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Brandy G.
11/5/2023

Located on a small island in the Ohio River, Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park features a recreated Palladian mansion to explore, horse drawn buggy tour, and back on the mainland an...

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Kelly G.
9/22/2023

The Blennerhassett State Park offers a museum , mansion house tours and covered wagon rides. Plan to spend at least around two hours here between the museum , boat ride and island tours . You can...

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Adrienne M.
6/5/2024

It was very interesting there were death masks, arrow heads, old paintings, and cars, tombstones from the 1800s. The staff was polite and friendly, didn't cost an arm and a leg to get in. I would...

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Kaci F.
3/20/2023

Pretty awesome. First we toured the museum, which was fun for me. I was a little more interested than my son, but that is to be expected! Then, we took a ride on a sternwheeler to the island. It...

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