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I-79 Exit 67, Flatwoods, WV 26621
Phone (304) 765-3300

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Only a 50-minute expressway drive north of the New River Gorge, the 22 shops at Flatwoods offer some of the best outlet shopping in West Virginia, as well as providing guests with great restaurants and acclaimed lodging at the Flatwoods Days Inn & Conference Center.

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