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Drawdy Creek Falls near Peytona, WV, Boone County, Hatfield & McCoy Region

An autumn morning dawns along a backroad in Mercer County near Princeton, West Virginia, in the Bluestone Region of southern West Virginia. Photo by Rick Burgess

Meadow River above Gauley River National Recreation Area, New River Gorge Region

Middle Falls of Hills Creek, Pocahontas County, Allegheny Highlands Region

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