On October 21 the bridge is closed for Bridge Day for BASE jumping from the bridge. and is just a tad under 1/2 mile long and is 876 feet down to the New River below. The New River Bridge that spans the gorge at Fayetteville is the third highest bridge in the U.S. New River is renowned for its smallmouth fishing and large sections of the river are black bass catch and release only. Glade Creek is a catch and release trout stream that West Virginia DNR stocks with brown trout. Just upriver is the Glade Creek Campground.
We camped at Grandview Sandbar campground, a small primitive campground with 10 sites on the New River. Within the park eight primitive campgrounds with anywhere from 5 to 20 camping sites each are available and free. The rails are now served by the CSX Railroad (Chessie Seaboard X). The trains still run daily, and coal is still being transported by rail out of the area 150 years later. Boom towns like Thurmond sprang up once the C&O Railroad (Chesapeake & Ohio) was completed. According to history, the area remained mostly inaccessible until the railroad arrived in 1873 to ship coal out of the area. The mountainous terrain ranges from 2,500 to 3,000 feet peaks.
It’s about 200+ miles southeast of Adams County, a 3.5 hour drive. Judy and I took off recently to explore the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve in West Virginia.
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