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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 ...
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 ]
49 Hawks Nest State Park Rd. 38°07′23″N 81°07′13″W / 38.1231°N 81.1203°W / 38.1231; -81.1203 ( New Deal Resources in Hawk's Nest State Park Historic Ansted
Ansted and Imboden bought more than a thousand acres (4 km 2) of coal and timber land on Gauley Mountain between Hawks Nest and the town of Westlake. They organized the Gauley-Kanawha Coal Company, Ltd., in 1872 and in 1873 opened a mine about 1,000 feet (300 m) above the river and 300 feet (91 m) below the summit of Gauley Mountain.
The park's 144-acre (58 ha) Moncove Lake was created in 1960 by the 1959 impoundment of Devil Creek. Formerly a wildlife management area, the park is located under an autumn flyway for migrating raptors, including broad-winged hawks (Buteo platypterus). [146] [148] [149] North Bend: Category:North Bend State Park on Wikimedia Commons: Ritchie
West end of WV 41 overlap 121.2: 195.1: WV 41 south (Stanaford Road) – Clifftop: East end of WV 41 overlap: Greenbrier: Rainelle: 131.9: 212.3: WV 20 south (South Sewell Street) West end of WV 20 overlap: 132.6: 213.4: CR 60 32 (James River and Kanawha Turnpike) Charmco: 136.4: 219.5: WV 20 north (Coalfield Trail) East end of WV 20 overlap ...
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Mystery Hole is located in Ansted, West Virginia, near Hawks Nest State Park and Cathedral Falls in West Virginia. Mystery Hole was founded by Donald Wilson in 1973. [1] Mystery Hole, immediately adjacent to the Midland Trail (U.S. Route 60) in Fayette County advertises itself as a gravity-defying wonder.