The New River in West Virginia may be one of the oldest rivers in the world, but it's also the namesake of America's newest national park: New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
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West Virginia's New River Gorge is America's newest national park, a designation that made major headlines in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Conde Nast Traveler last year.
Since the 1960s, West Virginia's New River Gorge has drawn adventure seekers to its rapids and rock walls, and those rafters and climbers have long considered it a hidden gem. But the curtain is being drawn back on the canyon, because part of it has become America's 63rd national park.
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