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Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha) [2] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River , some 750 feet (230 m) below. [ 4 ]
Ansted has the distinction of having Hawks Nest State Park located within its borders. The park at Hawks Nest features a small museum and gift shop, an aerial tram ride to the New River Gorge, and spectacular overlooks including the famous "Lover's Leap". U.S. Route 60 threads through the community as part of the Midland Trail, a National ...
Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park, is a peak on Gauley Mountain in Ansted, West Virginia, USA. The cliffs at this point rise 585 ft (178 m) above the New River . Located on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike (the road that served as an extension of the canal across what is now West Virginia), many early travelers on this road ...
Mar. 19—ANSTED — Bring on the spring and summer hordes. West Virginia is ready, and some park infrastructure upgrades will help make that possible. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was joined by ...
West Virginia. The Hawks Nest State Park aerial tram, in Fayette County, West Virginia, carries park visitors from the rim of the New River Gorge to the bank of the New River, a descent of more than 800 feet (240 m). The aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia descends 3,600 feet (1,100 m) into the Bluestone River ...
Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial
East end of overlap with WV 527; eastbound access only: 8.8: 14.2: 8th Street to WV 527: Signed westbound only: 9.5: 15.3: WV 10 south (Hal Greer Boulevard) to I-64: Northern terminus of WV 10 at US 60 west: WV 2 north (3rd Avenue east) – Point Pleasant: Westbound access only; southern terminus of WV 2: 11.6: 18.7: US 60 west (31st Street ...
Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.The population was 614 at the 2010 census.The Kanawha River is formed at Gauley Bridge by the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers.