New River Jet Boats Ansted West Virginia
Kanawha Falls and New River Jetboats
This is just a quick tour of Kanawha Falls and the New River Gorge at Hawks Nest. I've condensed the footage to fit within the length of Claires Song and make it possible to upload to pages with limits on length.
The tour boats have stopped running for the year and will return next spring sometime. The peak of color hasn't arrived mainly because of warmer than usual weather so I'll post another video with a bit of Ohio foliage asap.
Ride from Charleston WV to New River Gorge part 2
Can am spyder ride from Charleston WV to new River Gorge Part 2
New River Gorge National River
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. Established in 1978, the NPS-protected area stretches for 53 miles from just downstream of Hinton to Hawks Nest State Park near Ansted.
Recorded on June 4, 2003. The video begins on a cloudy morning at the Grandview scenic overlook. Next I pass over Sandstone Mountain on I-64 and that is followed by Standstone Falls. There is a brief stop at Bluestone Dam and Lake before proceeding to Pipestem Resort State Park. At Pipestem I ride the tramway down the mountain to the edge of the New River. Next, the New River Gorge Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 19 over the New River at a height of 876 feet, making it the highest vehicular bridge in the Americas, and the second-highest in the world. The video concludes at Hawk's Nest State Park where I ride the tram down to the River and board a jet boat for a turbulent ride down the New River to the New River Gorge Bridge.
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JetBoat to New River Gorge Bridge
Hawks Nest State Park West Virginia
Hawks nest state park was founded to show case the scenic beauty of the New River Gorge. tunnel overlook along with jet boat rides on the new river and aerial tram rides make hawks nest one of Fayette county’s favorite spots.
tram to jet boat
new river gorge Beckley W.V.
Hawk's Nest Aerial Tramway
Pretending to be Lowly Worm from The Busy World of Richard Scarry -- it's like riding in the apple helicopter, but it's green!
PS. Excuse my giggling - I wasn't expecting the noisy part!
JWTT: Visited New River Gorge, WV
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. Established in 1978, the NPS-protected area stretches for 53 miles (85 km) from just downstream of Hinton to Hawks Nest State Park near Ansted.
New River Gorge is also home to some of the country's best whitewater rafting.
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long, an arch 1,700 feet (518 m) long.
Blessing of the Mountains
This is short video of the Blessing of the Mountains held on Nov. 5 in Ansted, West Virginia. The town is located on The Midland Trail, next door to Hawk's Nest State Park. Amvest Corporation's Powellton Coal Company owns 18,000 acres nearby and is gearing up for massive Mountaintop Removal on three neighboring mountains. The trees have been razed and shoved over the mountainside. Blasting will begin soon. Rev. Roy Crist conducted the blessing for the local residents as they gathered to bid farewell to the land. The footage of the mountain is really foggy -- as it was one of those typical hazy fall days in the mountains. Nonetheless, I managed to film the event and hope that their message reaches across the country. (B. J. Gudmundsson)
Along the RailTrail, Hawk's Nest SP.MOV
Day-Tripping Hawks Nest State Park - West Virginia
Nestled in the heart of whitewater rafting country, Hawks Nest State Park is a 270-acre recreational area with a nature museum, aerial tramway, jetboat rides, hiking trails and one of the most challenging whitewater boating waterways in the nation. Its 31-room lodge offers luxurious rooms, dining and spacious conference and meeting facilities. Located near Ansted in Fayette County, about 10 miles north of the New River Gorge Bridge, Hawks Nest is known for its scenic overlook, which provides a bird’s eye view of the rugged New River Gorge National River below.
Long before Hawks Nest became a state park, the area was a nesting ground for numerous osprey and the site of a trail used by Native Americans. In the late 1800s, the portion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway running through the gorge was completed, and scattered most of the birds inhabiting Hawks Nest’s cliffs. In 1934, the Hawks Nest Dam and lake were completed. At the time, they were used to generate hydroelectricity for the growing manufacturing industry and for flood control.
In 1935, the state of West Virginia purchased much of the property that is now Hawks Nest. In 1963, the Department of Natural Resources took control of the property and built the park lodge and other facilities that now draw visitors from nearly every state, to enjoy the scenic views of the New River Gorge.
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