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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exclusive of major tributaries, there are about 46 named rivers in West Virginia.
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 ...
Canaan Valley Resort State Park is a state park in the eastern United States, within Canaan Valley in Tucker County, West Virginia. Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River, the park contains the second-largest inland wetland area in the United States. [5] The valley featured the first commercial ski development in West Virginia.
The Potomac Eagle Scenic runs on the track of the South Branch Valley Railroad, which was established by the state of West Virginia in 1978 to operate a line abandoned by the B&O. Freight service on this line operates on weekdays and occasionally on weekends, so the line is free for excursions on most weekends.
Big Sandy Creek is a 31.3-mile-long (50.4 km) [3] mountain stream which begins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and flows into Preston County, West Virginia, in the United States. The Big Sandy flows through Bruceton Mills and Rockville, West Virginia , before crashing down the mountainside and reaching its confluence with the Cheat River at ...
Fairfax County, Virginia: Potomac River, Great Falls, Virginia: Occoquan River, Lorton, Virginia: Multi-use trail traversing the entire length of Fairfax County, Virginia: Grand Enchantment Trail: 730 1,175 Southwest desert: Phoenix, Arizona: Albuquerque, New Mexico: east-west mostly wilderness trail Great Allegheny Passage: 150 241 ...
Birch River (West Virginia) Black Fork (Cheat River tributary) Blackwater River (West Virginia) Blue Creek (West Virginia) Bluestone National Scenic River; Bluestone River; Boggs Run (Ohio River tributary) Bonds Creek; Bone Creek (West Virginia) Bosley Run; Brier Creek (Big Coal River tributary) Browns Run (Peters Run tributary) Bruffey Creek
Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles (124 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, draining an area of 565 square miles (1,463 km 2) on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau.