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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
  • Nearest city: Fayetteville, West Virginia
  • Area: 72,808 acres (294.64 km²)
  • Visitors: 1,593,523 (in 2022)
  • Governing body: National Park Service

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