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The Best Attractions In New River and Greenbrier Valley

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The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of the Ohio River watershed, it is about 360 miles long.Much of the river's course through West Virginia is designated as the New River Gorge National River, and the New River is one of the nation's American Heritage Rivers. In 1975, North Carolina designated a 26.5-mile segment of the river as New River State Scenic River, by including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System. The segment was added to the National Wild and S...
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The Best Attractions In New River and Greenbrier Valley

  • 1. New River Gorge Bridge Fayetteville West Virginia
    The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. With an arch 1,700 feet long, the New River Gorge Bridge was for many years the world's longest single-span arch bridge; it is now the fourth longest. Part of U.S. Route 19, its construction marked the completion of Corridor L of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The bridge is crossed by an average of 16,200 motor vehicles per day.The roadway of the New River Gorge Bridge is 876 feet above the New River. The New River Gorge Bridge is one of the highest vehicular bridges in the world, and is currently the third highest in the United States. In 2005, the structure gained nationwide attention when the ...
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  • 2. Tamarack Beckley
    Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia: is a tourist destination located at Exit 45 above the Beckley service area of the West Virginia Turnpike. It features a red peaked roof and landscaped grounds that draw over 500,000 visitors annually. This large arts and crafts facility is run as an economic development project of the West Virginia Parkways Authority and sells West Virginia craft products, such as wood, glass, textiles, pottery, metal, jewelry, as well as specialty food items, fine art, and West Virginia books and recordings. There are five resident artisan studios and most weekends from Spring through Fall there are also craft demonstrations.
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  • 7. Greenbrier River Trail West Virginia
    The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 173 miles long, in southeastern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles . It is one of the longest rivers in West Virginia.
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  • 8. The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
    This is a complete list of all counties in the United States: 3,142 counties and county equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia as of July 1, 2013, plus an additional 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories, for a total of 3,242 counties and county equivalents in the United States. For more detailed information, see the individual state lists shown below. In the United States, a county is a political and geographic subdivision of a state. Of the 50 U.S. states, 48 states are divided into a total of 3,007 counties. The number of counties per state ranges from the three counties in Delaware to the 254 counties in Texas. The five counties in Rhode Island, the eight counties in Connecticut, and eight of the 14 counties in Massachusetts do not have a functional county gover...
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  • 10. Kaymoor Miners Trail Fayetteville West Virginia
    Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal processing plant and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom . It is linked to the mine portal 560 feet above on Sewell Bench in the wall of the Gorge by conveyors. The mine exploited the New River Coalfield's Sewell Seam of smokeless low-volatile bituminous coal, while the town site was accessible only by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's mainline in the Gorge. The last portion of the Kay Moor complex, Kaymoor Top was located at the Gorge rim and served as the terminus for the mountain haulage.
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  • 12. The Casino Club at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
    This is a list of presidential trips made by Donald Trump during 2018, the second year of his presidency as the 45th President of the United States. This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal capital in which the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the President, is located. Also excluded are trips to Camp David, the country residence of the President. International trips are included. The number of visits per state or territory where he traveled are: One visit to: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire and South Dakota. Two visits to: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Three visits to: Georgia, Nevada and Texas. Four visits to: Montana, New York, N...
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  • 13. West Virginia Adventures Glen Jean
    Glen Jean is a census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, near Oak Hill. As of the 2010 census, its population is 210.The area had been known was White Oaks, but when the town was founded in the early 1870s the community was named for Jean McKell, the wife of landowner Thomas G. McKell. The town was a center for the coal mining industry and a railroad junction, formerly boasting an opera house, hotels and a company store. Much of the town has disappeared since the end of the coal boom. The chief remaining structure is the Bank of Glen Jean, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Glen Jean is the headquarters of New River Gorge National River, located across the street from the bank building, which now functions as a visitor contact center. Glen Je...
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