The college offers a music camp in the summer and the University Symphony Orchestra performs at the Creative Arts Center several times during the year. Every year the West Virginia Public Theater presents the best of Broadway with musical productions throughout the summer. The Monongalia Arts Center provides concerts, art exhibits by local and national artists, dramas, musicals, comedies, and a gallery shop that offers unique works by West Virginia artists available for viewing and for purchase. Morgantown is also a wonderful place for the physically active with six city parks covering 272 acres. Municipal swimming pools are located at Marilla and Krepps Parks.
Golfers are truly at home in Morgantown.
Golf Digest rated the Lakeview Course as one of the 200 most difficult and challenging in the United States. Within miles of this course are MountainView and the Pines. Cooling off on a hot summer day is easy with Cheat Lake's 1800 acres of water that is the local favorite for boating, swimming, jet skiing, and fishing. Outdoor buffs can enjoy hiking, fishing, hunting, and picnicking at the 12,700 acre Coopers Rock State Forest located just off Interstate 68. Hiking trails as well as numerous species of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers are accessible at the Core Arboretum near WVU's Evansdale Campus.