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Information:Intermittent Closure of Park Loop Trailhead parking
Information:Fayette Station Road closure Jan 6 thru winter
New River Gorge National Park

New River Gorge

Moderate West Virginia

Free Appalachian Music Performances and Ranger Talks in the National Park

Staff at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve invite the public to experience the rich musical...

Sep 9, 2025
two musicians playing on a stage

Oral History Recordings Made Available to Public on New River Gorge NPP Website

Staff at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve are pleased to announce that oral history record...

Sep 4, 2025
ranger at a desk looking at a map with an older man

Overview

New River Gorge National Park is located in West Virginia and welcomes millions of visitors each year.

A grassy field with a few trees, campsites, and restroom facility in it

Army Camp

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
campers sitting in front of tent

Brooklyn Campground

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
firepit and camp site

Burnwood Group Campsite

Sites available

RestroomsWater
$75Walk-in only
campsite

Glade Creek Campground

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
A small grassy area covered in trees with a road around it and designated campsites.

Grandview Sandbar

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
open grassy field with campsites and a composting restroom facility in it

Meadow Creek Campground

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
A brown sign with a drawing of a river on it that says Stone Cliff on it

Stone Cliff

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
campsite

Thayer Campground

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
campground with fog

War Ridge/Backus Mountain Campground

Sites available

FreeWalk-in only
Colored photo looking down into the gorge at a bend in the New River
Hiking

Trail Run Grandview Rim Trail

Trail run that is 3.1 miles. This is an out and back route that is on different compositions. It is ...

Two men walking in the woods wearing blaze orange hunting vests.
Hunting

Hunting in the Park

Hunting is permitted in any areas designated as National Preserve. Knowing your location and rules f...

Winter, Fall
Views of the rock face from Endless Wall Trail
Hiking

Trail run at Endless Wall

Endless Wall Trail is and excellent place for a trail run but due to the volume of other hikers, thi...

60-120 MinutesWinter, Spring
View of the beginning of the Little Laurel Trail from the Grandview location. The trail is wooded.
Hiking

Trail Run or hike the Little Laurel Trail

The 4.0 mile roundtrip trail run or hike is strenuous. The terrain is crushed rock for most of the t...

30-120 MinutesWinter, Spring
Combination of rocks that include Sandstone, shale, conglomerate, and coal.
Hiking

Castle Rock Hike

Amazing hike that brings you right next to the layers of rocks that make-up the gorge. The trail is ...

30-120 MinutesWinter, Spring
mother and child riding bikes on a trail
Biking

Bicycling at New River Gorge

New River Gorge National River offers over fifty miles of mountain bike trails, varying from easy to...

Winter, Spring
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Adena Trail

Adena Trail

ArrowheadBikeTrails

Labeled (2) on the Arrowhead Bike Trails map; LENGTH: 3.1 miles/4.99km (One-Way). DIFFICULTY: Easy to Intermediate. TRAI...

A rock wall with water flowing through it. Below, a graph showing the elevation change of the trail

Arbuckle Connector Trail

Hike

Labeled (4) on the Cunard, Thurmond and Stone Cliff Area Trails map LENGTH: 0.3 miles/0.48 km (One-way). DIFFICULTY: Str...

Water falling down brown sand-colored rocks in a forest of trees and green plants

Big Branch Falls

Waterfalls
Colored photograph of a hiker next to a cascading brook

Big Branch Trail

Hike

Labeled (5) on the Sandstone Brooks Area Trails map; LENGTH: 2.0 miles/2.74 km (Round-trip). DIFFICULTY: Strenuous. TRAI...

A view through a wooded trail through the forest

Big Buck Trail

Hike

Labeled (2) on the Grandview Area Trails map; LENGTH: 0.9 miles/1.45 km (round trip). DIFFICULTY: Easy. TRAIL TYPE: Hiki...

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