New River Gorge National River
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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.
Major features of the NRGNR include:
- 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
[edit] New River Gorge Rafting Outfitters
- ACE Outdoor Center
- Alpine Adventures (Christian Outfitter)
- USA Raft
- Songer Whitewater
- Rivermen Whitewater
- North American River Runners
Other outfitters exist feel free to add more links.
[edit] External links
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Protected Areas of West Virginia |
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Federal Protected Areas | Appalachian National Scenic Trail | Bluestone National Scenic River | Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | Gauley River National Recreation Area | George Washington National Forest | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Monongahela National Forest | New River Gorge National River | Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area |
State Parks | Audra | Babcock | Beartown | Beech Fork | Berkeley Springs | Blackwater Falls | Blennerhassett Island | Bluestone | Cacapon Resort | Camp Creek | Canaan Valley Resort | Carnifex Ferry Battlefield | Cass Scenic Railroad | Cathedral | Cedar Creek | Chief Logan | Droop Mountain Battlefield | Fairfax Stone | Greenbrier River Trail | Hawks Nest | Holly River | Little Beaver | Lost River | Moncove Lake | North Bend Rail Trail | North Bend | Pinnacle Rock | Pipestem Resort | Prickett's Fort | Stonewall Jackson Resort | Tomlinson Run | Tu-Endie-Wei | Twin Falls Resort | Tygart Lake | Valley Falls | Watoga | Watters Smith Memorial |
State Forests | Cabwaylingo | Calvin Price | Coopers Rock | Greenbrier | Kanawha | Kumbrabow | Panther | Seneca |
Wildlife Management Areas | Allegheny | Amherst-Plymouth | Anawalt | Andrew Rowan | Bear Rock Lakes | Becky Creek | Beech Fork Lake | Berwind Lake | Beury Mountain | Big Ditch | Big Ugly | Bluestone Lake | Briery Mountain | Burches Run Lake | Burnsville Lake | Castleman Run Lake | Cecil H. Underwood | Center Branch | Chief Cornstalk | Conaway Run Lake | Cross Creek | Dunkard Fork | East Lynn Lake | Edwards Run | Elk River | Fork Creek | Fort Mill Ridge | Frozen Camp | Green Bottom | Handley | Hilbert | Hillcrest | Horse Creek | Hughes River | Huttonsville | Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve | Laurel Lake | Lewis Wetzel | McClintic | Meadow River | Mill Creek | Moncove Lake | Morris Creek | Nathaniel Mountain | Pedlar | Pleasant Creek | Plum Orchard Lake | Pruntytown | R.D. Bailey Lake | Ritchie Mines | Sand Hill | Shannondale Springs | Short Mountain | Sleepy Creek | Smoke Camp | Snake Hill | South Branch | Stonecoal Lake | Stonewall Jackson Lake | Stumptown | Summersville Lake | Tate Lohr | Teter Creek Lake | The Jug | Thorn Creek | Tug Fork | Turkey Run | Upper Deckers Creek | Upper Mud River | Valley Bend Wetlands | Wallback | Widmeyer | Woodrum |