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The Coal River at Upper Falls with Upper Falls Dam above and the historic lock in the foreground, viewed from Upper Falls Landing The Little Coal River at Madison The Little Coal River near Julian The Big Coal River at Whitesville. The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia.
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia.. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers.There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state.
Arkadelphia's Feaster Trail; Big Spring Nature Trail; ... Coal Line Trail, South Bend [18] ... Provo River Parkway Trail, about 6.6 miles of Rio Grande Western ...
The Hatfield–McCoy Trails (HMT) is a trail system popular for its recreational trails for ATVs, UTVs, and dirt bikes, but the trails are also open to hikers, mountain bikers, and horse riders. HMT is located in West Virginia 's south west counties of Boone , Kanawha , Lincoln , Logan , McDowell , Mercer , Mingo , Wayne , and Wyoming .
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
Whitesville is a town and former coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States, along the Big Coal River. The population was 361 at the 2020 census. [2] Whitesville was incorporated on August 15, 1935, by the Boone County Circuit Court. The town derives its name from B. W. White, a pioneer settler. [5]
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 ( 38°03′00″N 81°03′17″W / 38.05000°N 81.05472°W / 38.05000; -81.05472 ( Kaymoor Bottom
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge, and preserving as a free-flowing ...