Oglebay Park is a self-supporting public municipal park, the only one of its kind, located on the outskirts of Wheeling, West Virginia on 1,650 acres (670 ha). The park has been open to the public since 1928 when the park's governing body, the Wheeling Park Commission, began operations at the former estate of Earl W. Oglebay. In 1926, Earl W. Oglebay donated his summer estate, Waddington Farms, to the city of Wheeling.
Several Waddington Farms buildings, including the Mansion Museum and the greenhouse, remain in use today. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the Oglebay Mansion is operated as a museum by the Oglebay Institute.
The park currently incorporates two championship golf courses, two standard courses (9-hole and 18-hole), and 1 Par III, eleven tennis courts, a large outdoor pool, extensive walking trails, the Good Zoo, The Mansion Museum (operated by the Oglebay Institute), gardens, a greenhouse, the Anne Kuchinka Amphitheater, the Wilson Lodge (containing over 200 rooms), 49 cottages, The Schrader Center (a nature center operated by the Oglebay Institute), a planetarium (located within the Good Zoo), a ski slope, Camp Russel, and Schenk Lake, which is used for fishing, pedal boating, Segway tours, and several nightly fountain shows in season.
Annual events at the park include, but are not limited to: The Winter Festival of Lights, Oglebayfest, the Ohio County Fair, the West Virginia Open (tennis), Springfest, and Fort Henry Days (a living history weekend).
Read more about Oglebay Park: Oglebay Mansion and Waddington Farm, Winter Festival of Lights, Good Zoo
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