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    David Sibray visits rim of New River Gorge, centerpiece of national park

    Defined by its cliff-lined rim, the spectacular New River Gorge is the centerpiece of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in southern West Virginia, one of three areas of national parkland in the Appalachian Mountains there.

    David Sibray surveys the gorge from Beauty Mountain, a cliff that affords a good vantage of the gorge near Beauty, West Virginia, where its rim is most defined.

    The New River Gorge is among the most popular destinations for and in the eastern U.S., and is an increasingly popular destination for , biking, and .


    Lodging near Beauty Mountain and Fayetteville, West Virginia


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    David Sibray
    David Sibray
    Historian, real estate agent, and proponent of inventive economic development in West Virginia, David Sibray is the founder and publisher of West Virginia Explorer Magazine. For more information, he may be reached at 304-575-7390.

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