Cool Springs Park

Dale King

2024-04

Gas Station, Diner, Local Market, History Museum, and Zoo all in one. This place is authentically West Virginian!

Glenn Cannon

2023-10

This is the coolest store, gas station and deli. Stopped by for a look. Had lunch. Chili and grilled cheese 🤤. Best tasting hamburger I've had in a long time 😋. Very nice coworkers. Love these places. It's what America is all about.

Allison Batchelor

2023-08

2023A great stopping point on route 50. You can buy gas, use the facilities, have a cold drink and a meal at the counter restaurant inside, and shop for all sorts of things. Shakes, sundaes and soft serve ice cream are available for a treat. Nice place to rest on a long drive. Great shady picnic tables. Covered bridge. Antique tractors and rail cars for kids to climb on.2018This is a great stop and relax place when traveling on route 50. The wonderful collection of train cars, steam engines, and farm machinery is like a free museum you can touch and explore. My sons always loved to stop here and check it all out!

Kevin Shaffer

2024-04

Their customer service sucks! Everyone is rude n nasty! Especially the Big Blonde! The food is a hit or miss. My opinion the serving size depends on who you are! This also applies how fast you get served!Today, we sat there for 25 minutes before she took our order while other people walked right in and got service!Check your bill and do the math! They tried to overcharge me today and a few other times! Do yourself a favor. Bypass this place and go to the restaurant in Aurora or the ones in Fellowsville. For better food and a friendlier atmosphere!

Niaya Beall

2024-04

2024 saint patrick’s day review- woman on register with the green hoodie was VERY rude and had an attitude with the other employees.. very off putting and unprofessional. the lady with the pink & blue filas shoes seemed to be very stressed out but she had an attitude with customers and her coworker.. the girl in all black was extremely kind, professional and seemed to be the only one keeping her cool. unfortunately every time i come to cool springs it’s a hit or miss with the customer service.good comfort food tho, at an awesome price.i’d still recommend to a friend, just wish they were a bit nicer.

Angelow Three

2021-05

You have to see this place!An albino peacock, an alpaca, a rooster...A bunch of old machinery, some railroad cars, a caboose. One of the coolest, oddest things you’ll ever see. Touch anything you want - very little is fenced off or inaccessible.Plus, the only true General Store I’ve ever seen on the east coast. From candy to hardware and back again, this “Exxon” has a bit of everything.Do eat elsewhere, however. The cafeteria/diner/restaurant or whatever they call it “serves” small, tasteless portions of horrible food so slowly and inefficiently it bears mentioning only as a caution: don’t eat here.The rest is a must-see. Perfect destination for a scenic drive with the top down or on your motorbike.

Jay T

2023-05

Charming, historical park filled with beautifully decorated abandoned decades old farming tractors, trains and other farming equipments. Plus adorable peacocks, donkeys, turkeys and other birds roaming the park.

Edward Dailey

2021-05

Quirky, fun piece of Americana owned and operated by the same family for almost 100 years. Great home made deserts, park with tractors, mining equipment, and the miscellaneous donkey, llama, chicken, etc...

Brad Nowlin

2023-09

Cool gas station, souvenir shop, and hardware store. Food, snacks, jams, salsas, cured meats, hunting supplies.

Kurtis Johnson

2023-05

During my last trip to WV I stopped by with my dad and brother to get some food. I ordered hotdogs, my dad a BLT and both were fine.I remember coming here as a kid and getting a foot long hotdog and ice cream. It's just as I remember and my dad said it's still pretty much the same as he remembers from when he was a kind.If you're from this part of Preston county I'm sure you've been here. I'm sure I'll eventually be back.

william ross

2023-07

This place has always been a stop for me on 50. Great little place with a lot of stuff and really cool animals.

Chris Riddle

2020-05

The Cafe is a school cafeteria. Boils hot dogs. Onion rings from a bag, dropped in a deep frier. Milk shake wasn't bad. Staff are friendly. It's a junk yard with a gas station and school cafeteria. If you live there, it's probably great. It's gas on a rural drive. Don't plan a stop there expecting a decent "home cooked," greasy spoon kind of meal.

Gage Jaggers

2023-06

I moved to West Virginia in 2021 and quickly cool springs became one of my favorite places. It's a great to go there everytime! You never know what's gonna be there when you visit, it's always something new. Plus they have amazing food and great service! I also love that in fall, they have big containers of apples up front from the orchards. Nothing beats being at cool springs.

Jasmine Poe

2023-09

It's always nice to visit, but it isn't much of a gift shop anymore like it used to be. It needs more selection, in my opinion. I grew up around Cool Springs so it was kinda depressing not seeing as much as they used to have.

Lynnette Walczak

2022-05

This place has EVERYTHING! Restaurant, knick knacks, antiques, tshirts, gas, fruit, vegetables, and more. Many of the items for sale are inexpensive and VERY unique.

Dick Wobung

2023-05

Great place to stop and walk around for a bit something for everyone been going here since I was a kid

jpaulhoody @gmail.com

2021-05

I didn't stop inside -- just wandered the yard of antique mining and railroad equipment -- very cool.

buzz spacey

2022-05

I remember my grandparents driving us up in the bed of their pickup truck as kids (40 yrs ago). It has always been a stop for me ever since. Not much for a city dweller, but fun and nostalgic for those of us who aren't. I climb the tractors, use the restroom, an buy some sodas and snacks and move on. The cafe bar is always packed with locals. I've never had the food but if the locals come back it must be OK.

Paul Buerckholtz

2022-05

We like visiting small rural communities. Since we HAVE the time, it's much more enjoyable than flying over. Today, on a lark, we stopped impulsively at a sort of outdoor agricultural museum / general store we were passing by. Bought a candy bar and took a walk around the exhibits. It was little more than open-air storage of old (VERY old) agricultural implements but it was interesting and an off-beat reason for a short interruption of our journey.

Matthew A. O'Brien

2019-05

I love this place! I just happened upon it while working up in Preston County, and now wish I lived closer to it, so I could go more often. Okay, it's just a little country general store with a roadside attraction component, but you can find everything from old-time candies to arts-and-crafts. Moreover, the food is is freshly prepared and tastes great, all for a reasonable price. This isn't a quick service restaurant; this is a place where the locals come to share a meal and have a chat with the neighbors. Of course, travelers stop here, too; the location is right on U.S. 50.I saw some nice landscaping plants for sale out front, and there's been some farm fresh produce available each of the three times I've stopped here. The animals that are kept on the grounds seemed happy and well kept. All the old wagons, railroad rolling stock, and machinery is especially interesting to me, as an archaeologist, since I seldom see complete examples of historical objects coming out of the ground; seeing examples of different equipment that has been used in the area helps to identify the smaller fragments of those same types of equipment that I actually find in the ground. So, the equipment on display may have a different meaning to me than the average visitor.If you're riding down U.S. 50, you should definitely stop in to have a burger, a homemade dessert, and a bottle of Cheerwine soda pop. Have a chat with the locals, pet the donkeys, buy some plants, and revel in the nostalgia of an era that has largely been displaced by the "progress" of the contemporary, urbanized world. I know I'll stop in anytime I'm up that way. Thanks for the great food! I'm already planning to try the steak hoagie next time.

Sylvain F.

2023-05

Full service gas station with diner. If you're a dude, be sure to wear a ballcap inside. Glad I stopped here with the fam. Got gas, lunch, and ice cream. Seemingly authentic Americana.

Joe McGinnis

2020-05

This place is lake a time capsule, I've been here many time over the past 40 years when I been in town, it has changed very little and thats a good thing.always stopped and had gravy & biscuits and some cherry apple cider before heading out with my uncles on fishing adventures. Food is cheap and tasty and the staff treats everyone like family.

Corey Hickman

2017-05

I've come here on special outings since I was a kid. Always loved the old antique farm equipment and trains they have on display, though they are starting to deteriorate due to their age. Love all the knickknacks they sell here. Great ice cream for the kids.

michael seward

2015-05

Foods decent but the place is filled with odds and ends. Never seen a gas station that sells this much, from generators to dog leashes, ammunition, clay pottery and rock candy. There's also a park or back with old stream tractors and water wheel. Cool Place

Susan Ott

2017-05

My husband started bringing me here when we first started dating. The hotdogs are awesome and the hamburgers and fries are good too. The people are wonderful down home people. Lots of odds and ends here too. Love it!

justin mtn

2017-05

Perfect place to grab a bite to eat and stretch your legs on a road trip. The kids really liked the old tractors and trains. The gas pumps are full service which kinda threw me off but all in all, nice place.

Kimberly Hoover

2021-05

I've been coming here since I was a kid. Always friendly and loving staff and the food is awesome! They treat you like family here. Now I take my own kids to enjoy all the food and the park. They love it!

Roger Greaser

2023-07

It's a little rough but it's a stop everyone has to make that is going through the area. They have a little bit of everything and the food is good.

Dennis Mckinney

2013-05

I've been visiting Cool Springs as long as I can remember. I'm 45 now. I can clearly remember being 4, maybe 5, and stopping there for an ice cream and a foot long hot dog. If you're traveling along US 50, it's a great place to take a break in between the mountains.

PogoCorpse PeepShow

2019-05

I have lived in and around Preston County most of my life and this place is as charming today as it was 30 or more years ago.There are so many good things to tell about this place that it'd take a book to contain all of the details.The ladies that work there are so friendly,and they can ALL cook some of the best tasting food you'll ever eat.I hope this place always stays the same and is around for generations to come.