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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 ]
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
The location of the site was rediscovered with help of West Virginia State University professor Richard Hartman, after local couple George and Charlotte Yeager spearheaded effort to build the memorial in 2009. The Memorial was dedicated on September 7, 2012. [8] There is also a Historical Marker at nearby Hawks Nest State Park, which reads: [3]
Mar. 18—ANSTED, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice hosted an event this week at Hawks Nest State Park to announce that West Virginia is "once again blazing new trails in the tourism ...
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 ...
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
The company changed its name to Hawks Nest Coal Company, Ltd., in 1875, and was reorganized in bankruptcy in 1889 as the Gauley Mountain Coal Company. A scenic view of the New River Gorge from Lovers' Leap in Hawks Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia. Colonel Imboden, who was Ansted's first mayor, helped stimulate the growth of the town's ...
The route exits the state into Virginia, running concurrently with Interstate 64 (I-64) east of White Sulphur Springs. Most of US 60's route through West Virginia is part of and even signed in several areas as the Midland Trail, a National Scenic Byway.