New River Gorge National Park: Canyon Rim and Bridge

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We visited the Canyon Rim area of New River Gorge National Park, the newest full National Park in the US. The Canyon Rim section has a visitor center that overlooks the iconic New River Gorge bridge, plus has a winding scenic drive down into the canyon, that passes under the bridge three times.

The NPS map of the whole park; click or tap to interact on their site:

Map

An interactive map of our route for visiting Canyon Rim etc:

Going over the New River Gorge Bridge:

New River Gorge Bridge

Visitor center:

Visitor center
Visitor center
Visitor center
Visitor center
Visitor center
Visitor center

Gorge viewpoint:

Gorge viewpoint
Gorge viewpoint

Bridge viewpoint:

Bridge viewpoint
Bridge viewpoint

We did the scenic Fayette Station Road driving tour, that goes down into the gorge:

Fayette Station Road driving tour
Narrow road
Bridge virw from road
Bridge virw from road
Bridge virw from road
Bridge virw from road

One way bridge:

One way bridge
One way bridge

A view of the New River Gorge Bridge from the one-way bridge:

New River Gorge Bridge
New River Gorge Bridge
Bridge view
New River Gorge Bridge
New River Gorge Bridge