National Park Guide

New River Gorge Field Guide

A complete planning guide to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Covers the 2020 redesignation from national river to national park and preserve, the New River Gorge Bridge and Bridge Day, whitewater rafting on the New and Gauley Rivers, world-class sandstone rock climbing, the Canyon Rim boardwalk and Endless Wall Trail, the coal-and-railroad history of Thurmond and Kaymoor, the official NPS park map, and lodging and campgrounds near Fayetteville.

What's inside

• ✓The New River Gorge Bridge — 3,030 feet long, 876 feet above the river, and Bridge Day each fall
• ✓Whitewater rafting on the New River and the Gauley River's famous fall 'Gauley Season' releases
• ✓Over 1,400 sandstone climbing routes along the Endless Wall and Kaymoor
• ✓Coal-town history at Thurmond and the Kaymoor Miners Trail