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Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha)^[1] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River, some 750 feet (230 m) below.^[2] The hydro-electric project tunnel that passes underneath nearby Gauley Mountain was the scene of the tragic Depression-era Hawk's Nest incident.

The original building, now a gift shop and museum, was built as a CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) project.^{[citation needed]} The park lodge was constructed in the 1960s. The park's lodge and aerial gondola to the river are located about a mile further east from the overlook along U.S. 60, closer to the center of Ansted.

Eigenschaften

31 room lodge
Restaurant
Aerial tram between the lodge and the New River shore
Swimming pool
Hiking trails
Picnic area
Gift shop
River Nature Center
Hawks Nest Rail Trail (1.8 mile)

Zugänglichkeit

Accessibility for the disabled was assessed by West Virginia University. The assessment found the park lodge and facilities to be generally accessible.^[3] However, during the 2005 assessment, some issues were identified with a stairway and with some exit lighting.

References

^ Cite error: The named reference WVSPFacilities was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Crockett, M., "Jewels in our Crown", Pictoria Histories, Charleston, WV, 2004. ISBN 1-891852-35-3
^ Guide to Accessible Recreation and Travel in WV, WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities web site, accessed July 31, 2006

External links

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Official website

Protected areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Parks	New River Gorge
National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harpers Ferry
National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson Monongahela
National Recreation Areas	Gauley River (NPS) Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks (USFS)
National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley Ohio River Islands
National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Preserves	New River Gorge
Wilderness Areas	Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Mountain Lake Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness
National Rivers	Bluestone NSR

State

State parks	Audra Babcock Beartown Beech Fork Berkeley Springs Blackwater Falls Blennerhassett Island Bluestone Cacapon Resort Camp Creek Canaan Valley Resort Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Cass Scenic Railroad Cathedral Cedar Creek Chief Logan Droop Mountain Battlefield Fairfax Stone Greenbrier River Trail Hawks Nest Holly River Little Beaver Lost River Moncove Lake North Bend Rail Trail North Bend Pinnacle Rock Pipestem Resort Prickett's Fort Stonewall Jackson Lake Tomlinson Run Tu-Endie-Wei Twin Falls Resort Tygart Lake Valley Falls Watoga Watters Smith Memorial
Former state parks	Booker T. Washington Grandview Grave Creek Mound James Rumsey Monument Mingo Oak Mont Chateau Morgan Morgan Monument
State forests	Cabwaylingo Calvin Price Camp Creek Coopers Rock Greenbrier Kanawha Kumbrabow Seneca
Wildlife management areas	Allegheny Amherst-Plymouth Anawalt Lake Bear Rocks Lake Becky Creek Beech Fork Lake Berwind Lake Beury Mountain Big Ditch Big Ugly Bluestone Burches Run Burnsville Lake Castleman Run Lake Cecil H. Underwood Center Branch Cheat Canyon Chief Cornstalk Conaway Run Lake Cross Creek Dents Run Dunkard Fork East Lynn Lake Edwards Run Elk Creek Elk River Fairfox Pond-Rehe Fort Mill Ridge Fox Forest Frozen Camp Green Bottom Handley Hilbert Hillcrest Horse Creek Hughes River Huttonsville State Farm The Jug Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve Laurel Lake Lewis Wetzel Little Indian Creek McClintic Meadow River Mill Creek Moncove Lake Morris Creek Nathaniel Mountain Panther Pedlar Pleasant Creek Plum Orchard Lake Pruntytown State Farm R.D. Bailey Lake Ritchie Mines Sand Hill Shannondale Springs Short Mountain Slatyfork Sleepy Creek Smoke Camp Snake Hill South Branch Stonecoal Lake Stonewall Jackson Lake Stumptown Summersville Lake Tate Lohr Teter Creek Lake Thorn Creek Tug Fork Turkey Run Upper Deckers Creek Upper Mud River Valley Bend Wetlands Wallback Widmeyer Woodrum Lake
Other WVDNR sites	West Virginia State Wildlife Center

Local

Municipal parks	Cameron City Pool Camp Mad Anthony Wayne Fries Park James Rumsey Monument Magic Island Marland Heights Park Memorial Park Oglebay Park Ritter Park Staunton Park Wheeling Park

Non-
governmental

Nature Conservancy preserves	Bear Rocks Brush Creek Cranesville Swamp Greenland Gap Hungry Beech Ice Mountain Mount Porte Crayon Murphy Panther Knob Pike Knob Slaty Mountain Upper Shavers Fork Yankauer

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 '''Hawks Nest State Park''' is located on {{convert|370|acre}}<ref name=WVSPFacilities /> in [[Fayette County, West Virginia|Fayette County]] near [[Ansted, West Virginia]]. The park's clifftop overlook along [[U.S. Route 60 in West Virginia|U.S. Route 60]] provides a scenic vista of the [[New River (Kanawha River)|New River]], some 750 feet (230 m) below.<ref>Crockett, M., "''Jewels in our Crown''", Pictoria Histories, Charleston, WV, 2004. {{ISBN|1-891852-35-3}}</ref>  The [[hydro-electric]] project tunnel that passes underneath nearby Gauley Mountain was the scene of the tragic [[Great Depression|Depression]]-era [[Hawk's Nest incident]].
-The original building, now a gift shop and museum, was built as a CCC ([[Civilian Conservation Corps]]) project.{{fact}} The park lodge was constructed in the 1960s.  The park's lodge and aerial [[Gondola lift|gondola]] to the river are located about a mile further east from the overlook along U.S. 60, closer to the center of Ansted.
+The original building, now a gift shop and museum, was built as a CCC ([[Civilian Conservation Corps]]) project.{{fact|date=October 2017}} The park lodge was constructed in the 1960s.  The park's lodge and aerial [[Gondola lift|gondola]] to the river are located about a mile further east from the overlook along U.S. 60, closer to the center of Ansted.
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Eigenschaften

Zugänglichkeit

See also

References

External links