New River Gorge National River

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New River Gorge National River
IUCN Category II (National Park)
New River Gorge National River
Map of the United States
Map of the United States
Location Fayette, Raleigh, and Summers counties, West Virginia, USA
Nearest city Beckley, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°57′39″N 81°4′54″W / 37.96083, -81.08167
Area 70,000 acres (280 km²)
Established 1978
Visitors 1.1 million (in 2004)
Governing body National Park Service
The New River Valley from Hawk's Nest State Park.
The New River Valley from Hawk's Nest State Park.
Section of the cliff at Beauty Mountain in New River Gorge
Section of the cliff at Beauty Mountain in New River Gorge

The New River Gorge National River is a unit of the United States National Park Service designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia. The NRGNR, established in 1978, stretches for 53 miles from Hinton, West Virginia in Summers County to Hawks Nest State Park at Ansted, Fayette County.

The NRGNR is also home to some of the country's best whitewater rafting. The focus of this rafting is in the New River Gorge from the Cunard put-in to the Fayette Station take-out. The river levels for the New River Gorge and all other rivers in the United States can be checked at American Whitewater.

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