Parks, Forests and Trails Along The New River
Listed from upstream to downstream:
- Pisgah National Forest (on the South Fork)
- New River State Park, North Carolina
- New River Trail State Park, Virginia
- Shot Tower Historical State Park, Virginia
- Claytor Lake State Park, Virginia
- Jefferson National Forest
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Bluestone Wildlife Management Area
- Bluestone State Park, West Virginia
- New River Gorge National River
- Grandview overlook (formerly Grandview State Park)
- Babcock State Park, West Virginia
- Hawks Nest State Park, West Virginia
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Famous quotes containing the words forests, trails and/or river:
“Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no higher civilization could be attained. By this time the night was upon us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)