New River Gorge National Park has ample outdoor recreational activities to offer, whether you favor thrilling outdoor activities like climbing, bicycling, hiking, or whitewater rafting, or simply ...

The park will cover 7,021 acres at the center, where the gorge is a mile wide and spanned by the New River Gorge Bridge, the longest steel arch span in the Western Hemisphere and the third-highest ...

The center point of the park is the 3,030 ft long and 876 ft high New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville. There are many options for lodging in the area, but they are booking up much faster now ...

Hidden within a 5,593-page omnibus spending bill in the final days of 2020 was a provision to reclassify this one-time national river as America's 63rd headliner national park.

The New River Gorge in West Virginia got the federal government’s highest protection, thanks, in part, to the latest pandemic relief bill. By Zach Montague As Americans continue to weather the ...

For travelers to the newly minted national park, the New River Gorge, Fayetteville, West Virginia is one of several gateway towns to base yourself. Not only is it easily accessible, around two ...

Perched atop a 1,000-foot gorge cut by the New River, nearly as old as the Appalachians in spite of its name, Adventures on the Gorge (AOTG) is a 350-acre wilderness resort and premier basecamp ...

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Chief of Interpretation for the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Eve West says there has been nothing but steady growth in visitation since the park’s ...

The New River Gorge National River will be upgraded to national-park-and-preserve status as part of the new stimulus package Congress recently sent to the president’s desk.

Watts said hits to the website were up about 90% in the New River Gorge’s first four months as a national park. “And the businesses we deal with around here all the time, they’re up in early ...

In late 2020, Congress approved converting 7,021 acres in the middle of the 73,000-acre New River Gorge Preserve into a National Park, with the stimulus package improving facilities to support an ...

The New River Gorge National River will be upgraded to national-park-and-preserve status as part of the new stimulus package Congress recently sent to the president’s desk.