Is West Virginia's largest Outdoor Resort featuring whitewater rafting on the New and Gauley Rivers, rock climbing and kayak instruction, on-premise stables, mountain bike rentals and tours, paintball fields and equipment, fully-equipped cabins, a trail system throughout our 1400 acre facility, that connects with the New River Gorge National River, southern West Virginia's largest campground, an Outfitters Shops, 2200 square ft conference/meeting room, and an Alpine Tower with a full service corporate training/leadership development program.

Summer Hours: 7 days a week dawn to dusk. Winter hours: 9 am - 5:30 pm; 7 days a week.

Offers whitewater rafting trips and outdoor adventures on the New & Gauley Rivers. Whitewater rafting trips range from Class III - IV and 1-2 days. Adventure vaction package options include hiking, rock climbing, fly fishing, mountain biking, ATV riding and horseback riding. Lodging is available on all trips.

Dedicated to the preservation of West Virginia’s African-American history.   Unique collection of photographs, family histories, household, cultural, and coal mining artifacts.  Summer months only, call for appointment. Norman & Brusiella Jordan.

Established in 1790's. Perched in a fold atop Gauley Mountain and hugging the rim of the new River Gorge. Building on unique geography and transition from a coal to tourism and environmental based economy. Once a mining camp, it is now one of the only communities with a state park (Hawk's Nest SP) located completely within the city limits. It also has a number of historic homes, buildings and unique dining on the river's edge. Has a 1-1/2 mile rails to trails trail for biking and hiking.

The only church museum in Fayette County.   Complete records, photographs, and religious artifacts from a congregation first organized 1805, and which still worships and sings regularly in a church built in 1889.  May-October, 5 days a week. 1 room schoolhouse - walking distance. Call for appointment.

18 holes over 6,032 yards with a par of 71 (Public)

info@canyonrimranch.com or http://www.canyonrimranch.com 

The racy way to see the West Virginia landscape in all its glory, four-wheelers let you experience the fun as nothing else can. Half-day, full-day, and tour-hour tours include guided journeys into the gorge area and the wooded highlands around Canyon Rim Ranch. The ranch is less than five minutes from the primary raft launch for the lower New River Gorge whitewater rafting area, so you'll pass us on your way into the heart of the canyon if you're planning to raft that section. Of course, the ranch also provides its own cabins and campgrounds and fishing and horseback riding tours. We can arrange rafting and rock climbing adventures as well.

Whitewater on Gauley and New Rivers

A one room schoolhouse and post-Civil War home of Col. George Imboden CSA.  Wide variety of antiques, quilts, clothing, Civil War relics, tools from farm and field, historical artifacts and photos. Located next door to the Fayette County Historical Museum. Open June - August Monday - Saturday; rest of the year by appointment.

www.horsebackwv.com

Located between Fayetteville and Oak Hill, we have access to over 6,000 acres of trail riding along the rim of the New River Gorge.

Exhibits on local history and law enforcement memorabilia, located in the former Fayette County Jail, an impressive stone structure built in 1907.

Motorcoach groups can glimpse West Virginia history with our experienced step-on guides. Living history, storytelling and theatrical performances available for groups. Performances presented at your lodging accommodations or banquet facilities.

The indirect Artillery Firing method, later used around the world, was first used by Confederate Sergeant Milton W. Humphreys on May 19-20, 1863.  During the Civil War, both Union and the Confederates came along the old Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike to attack Fayetteville.  A cemetery for the Confederate dead is located at the Fleshman’s Farm.

http://www.nps.gov/gari

P. O. Box 246, Glen Jean, WV 25846
Park Headquarters: (304) 465-0508.
Canyon Rim Visitor Center - (304) 574-2115.

www.wvweb.com/bridgehaven.

18 holes with a par of 71.

9 holes over 2,994 yards with a par or 36. (Municipal)

9 holes over 3,143 yards with a par of 35 Private Equity. 1 mile from center of Oak Hill.

www.hawksnestsp.com 

Streches across the top of Gauley Mountain extending down to the base of the new River Gorge. Spectacular views, amenities include: lodge, restaurant, museum, marina, golf, jetboats, tennis and hiking. 

Also offer carriage rides.

The town's downtown section remains virtually the same as it did during the 1920s, the decade when the town was one of the most important communities in the vast coal fields of the region. The offices of the region's largest coal company, the New River Company, still exists as well as the company's repair shops and foundry building. Just outside of town in Kilsyth, two large smokestacks loom over the former repair shop used by the McKell Coal & Coke Company, also used by the sompany's railroad, the Kanawha, Glen Jean & Eastern Railway. These are just a few of the historic sites located near or in the town.

www.mysteryhole.com

Guided tours. Unique, incredible and astounding are just a few terms used to describe this attraction. Look for the Volkswagen protruding from a quonset hut. The attraction supposedly sits over a hole in the ground where gravity does not apply. Balls roll up hill, chair sit halfway up on a wall. Located only minutes from Hawk's Nest. Also contains a gift shop and concessions.

Open 7 days a week; 10 am - 6 pm form March - October. November - February by phone.

http://www.nps.gov/neri/home.htm

http://www.newriverjetboats.com

www.narr.com

Is the largest city in Fayette County. Nestled between the cities of Fayetteville and Mt. Hope, Oak Hill is a unique city with an active downtown shopping area. Noted as the place of death of country music legend Hank Williams. (See Memorial Information below)

www.riversresort.com

Offering rafting trips on the New and Gauley Rivers, kayaking, horseback riding, and guided fishing trips.

This small river town is noted for having a rich cultural heritage related to both its coal mining and Italian-American heriage. Named after the early settlers Benjamin & Julia Smithers. Owned 2270 acres of coal-rich land under the name of Peabody Coal Fields. Take a moment to stop at the Veterans War Memorial which honors over 800 men and women who entered military service while living in Smithers or Longacre.