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2. New River (Kanawha River tributary) - Wikipedia

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   The spring runoff brings class IV and V rapids. Several commercial outfitters offer guided river trips. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve contains numerous trails for hiking and mountain biking, as well as over 1400 established rock climbs. [20] The New River is spanned near Fayetteville, West Virginia, by the New River Gorge Bridge ...

3. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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   President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge, and preserving as a free-flowing ...

4. Hawks Nest State Park - Wikipedia

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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]

5. Babcock State Park - Wikipedia

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   Babcock State Park is a state park located along the New River Gorge on 4,127 acres (16.7 km 2) wooded [2] in Fayette County, West Virginia. It is located approximately 20 miles away from the New River Gorge Bridge. Located near the park headquarters, the Glade Creek Grist Mill is commonly photographed. [3] [4] [5] It was named in honor of ...

6. National Register of Historic Places listings in West Virginia

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   New River/Greenbrier Valley 28 Mercer: 20 New River/Greenbrier Valley 29 Mineral: 11 Potomac Highlands 30 Mingo: 8 Metro Valley 31 Monongalia: 45 Mountaineer Country 32 Monroe: 26 New River/Greenbrier Valley 33 Morgan: 18 Eastern Panhandle 34 Nicholas: 13 Mountain Lakes 35 Ohio: 52 Northern Panhandle 36 Pendleton: 13 Potomac Highlands 37 ...

7. Coal camps in Fayette County, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Many of these encampments were set up as company towns, and when their mines closed, the towns vanished. A few, like Thurmond, West Virginia, have survived in a reduced state. [1] Fayette County covers portions of three coalfields: the New River Coalfield, the Kanawha Coalfield and the Greenbrier Coalfield. [2]