The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains. Established in 1978 as a national river and redesignated in 2020, the park and preserve stretches for 53 miles from just downstream of Hinton t…
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains. Established in 1978 as a national river and redesignated in 2020, the park and preserve stretches for 53 miles from just downstream of Hinton to Hawks Nest State Park near Ansted.
Location: Fayette, and Summers counties, West Virginia, US
Established: November 10, 1978, as a national river · December 27, 2020, as a national park
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