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2-mile easy to moderate hike. Walk the historic coal mine town of Nuttallburg, seeing the best remaining example of industrial structures remaining in the gorge, including a coal conveyor and tipple. Hear stories of work and life in this once booming town as we explore the area. Wear hiking shoes; bring water. Meet at Nuttalburg […]
The railroad was the lifeblood of the New River Gorge during the industrial boom, connecting communities. Hear tales of how people built their lives around the comings and goings of trains through nationally known local folktales, tales of mysterious happenings, to poems inspired by railroad workers. Meet at Canyon Rim Visitor Center
3 to 4-mile easy hike with a short moderate off-trail section. Hike along an old railroad line to the coal mine town of Red Ash, plus explore the cemetery on Red Ash Island, a place filled with stories of the challenges faces by people that lived and worked in the New River Gorge. Be prepared […]
Offered twice daily at Thurmond Depot at 11:00 AM and 2:30 PM Unlike many turn of the century towns in New River Gorge, Thurmond was a railroad town instead of a coal town. For years, this small town brought in millions of dollars for the C&O Railway with a bustling downtown district and trains rolling […]
