Convention & Visitors Bureau of Marion County

05/28/2026

ATTENTION! Cryptid, history & spooky lovers! 🦇👻💀

The Grafton Monster Festival returns to haunt the streets of Grafton with your favorite cryptids, vendors, speakers, music & much more!

🎵Music:
Grammy Award Winning Chance McCoy
Ashford King
Matt Hatfield
and more!

🎤Speakers:
Dr. Kristy Henson
Matt Cumberledge
Dr. Greg Popovich
Adam Bonnett
& more!

Full festival details: https://tinyurl.com/3v7tn2mc

📅 Saturday, June 13
⌚ 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.
📍 Historic Downtown Grafton

LODGING DISCOUNT: Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Fairmont // Call 304-367-9150 and use code GMFS to book your room today!

04/29/2026

EXCITING NEWS!

The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Trail Celebrates its One Year Anniversary! Woo!

In honor of this announcement, we are adding TWO new bakeries to the trail and adding an AWESOME new prize for folks who visit all location to earn. 🙌🏆

NEW LOCATIONS:

WOOD COUNTY: JR's Donut Castle offers a modern traditional roll with softer dough, pepperoni slices and choice of pepper jack cheese and pizza sauce.

MONROE COUNTY: The Dough Ball offers interesting takes on the classic with modifications like jalapeno dough and when in season, ramp dough.

Try ALL locations and earn an art piece from the one and only Ben Kolb of Nativibes Studio!

Ben's piece (made specially for the WV Pepperoni Roll Trail) features WV's favorite cryptids enjoying pepperoni rolls at the Great Pepperoni Roll Drop ).

Don't miss out! Hop on the trail NOW: https://marioncvb.com/wv-pepperoni-roll-trail/

04/03/2026

The WV Pepperoni Roll Trail continues!

Stay tuned for exciting updates as we celebrate the one year anniversary of the trail!

Thanks for the article, Southern Living!

The pepperoni roll is a beloved West Virginia tradition. Last April, the Marion County and Clarksburg CVB launched an official Pepperoni Roll Trail, with 15 different stops along the way.

04/01/2026

Start pulling out your tent, fishing pole and lanterns because camping season has officially begun at Curtisville Lake! 🏕️

On a first come, first serve basis!

Check out our Complete Guide to Curtisville Lake for all the details on camping, hiking, parking and more! Guide in the comments!

03/20/2026

Happy Spring, folks! 🌞🌼

Who's ready for it to be warm enough to road trip through the Mountain State to see the famous Almost Heaven Swings. 🙌🙋‍♀️

This year, West Virginia Tourism is introducing the Almost Heaven SWINGO Challenge, a new interactive digital pass that encourages visitors to explore scenic swing locations across the state while earning prizes along the way.

Travel the state, see awesome views AND win prizes?! What more could you want this spring and summer!

CHECK IT OUT:
https://wvtourism.com/west-virginias-most-instagrammable-views/?utm_source=swingo+vanity&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=swingo+2026

And don't forget! Marion County has its own Almost Heaven Swing located at Valley Falls State Park!

01/10/2026

Which view do you prefer - winter or spring? ❄☀️

We think the views in Marion County are magical all year round!

📷: Valley Falls State Park