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New River Gorge National River
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| New River Gorge National River | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Location | Fayetteville, West Virginia, USA |
| Nearest city | Beckley, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | |
| Area | 70,000 acres (280 km²) |
| Established | 1978 |
| Visitors | 1.1 million (in 2004) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
The New River Gorge National River is a unit of the United States National Park Service designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia. The NRGNR, established in 1978, stretches for 53 miles from Hinton, West Virginia in Summers County to Hawks Nest State Park at Ansted, Fayette County.
The NRGNR is also home to some of the country's best whitewater rafting. The focus of this rafting is in the New River Gorge from the Cunard put-in to the Fayette Station take-out. The river levels for the New River Gorge and all other rivers in the United States can be checked at American Whitewater.
- Sandstone Falls
- Sandstone Visitor Center
- Grandview
- Prince
- Stone Cliff
- Thurmond
- Babcock State Park (adjoining West Virginia state park)
- Kaymoor
- New River Gorge Bridge and Visitor Center
- Hawks Nest State Park (adjoining West Virginia state park)
- Cunard River Access