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Start at 1. Canyon Rim Visitor Center

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Fayette Station Road, New River Gorge, West Virginia

The old way across the gorge: from Canyon Rim down the one-way road under the New River Gorge Bridge, over the river on the narrow Tunney Hunsaker Bridge, and back up the other side. Coal towns, the C&O railroad, Kaymoor and the bridge that replaced it all.

17 min of audio · 6 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Canyon Rim Visitor Center. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itSelect this phone as the car's Bluetooth audio source and set a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreDownload the tour before you go: cell service in the gorge is spotty. Press Start at Canyon Rim Visitor Center on US-19 (open daily 9 to 5 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day; the park has no entrance fee). Fayette Station Road is about 8 miles, narrow, with hairpin curves and long one-way sections: vehicles over 12 feet tall cannot get under a low railroad bridge, and RVs and trailers are not recommended. The road ends on US-19 near Fayetteville.

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    Facts from New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (NPS) pages on Fayette Station Road, its 2006 Fayette Station Road audio tour transcript, the New River Gorge Bridge, Canyon Rim Visitor Center, Kaymoor, park geology and climbing, and the Clio history guide entry on the Fayette Station Bridge (Marshall University). Music: Simple Gifts, United States Air Force Band (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.