The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
Appalachia & the Return

Stop 4 · Days 712–714

New River Gorge National Park

New River Gorge National Park, WV

America's newest national park — a deep, forested gorge spanned by one of the great bridges, with some of the best whitewater in the East.

Where to stay

  • A Fayetteville inn

    The gorge's laid-back gateway town.

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You gotta eat this

  • Post-raft brewpub fare

    Fayetteville's outdoor-town kitchens.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 712Day 712 — The Bridge & the RimFull day · 5h planned
  2. 713Day 713 — WhitewaterFull day · 6h planned
  3. 714Day 714 — Northeast to Seneca RocksDrive day · 2h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests
  • Outdoor & Water Activities