View of New River Bridge from Long Point

Best view of New River Gorge: Long Point

The best view of the 53-mile-long New River Gorge is from Long Point. So writes Bob Downing of the Akron Beacon Journal.

From Long Point, you can see the 876-foot high 3,030-foot span of the New River Bridge, the one that’s used for parachuting and bungy jumping off on Bridge Day every year.

It can be tricky. You’re 800 feet above the river and there are no railings. And you can’t drive up to it. You have to walk or mountain bike 1.6 miles to it from the road.

You get to Long Point from Fayetteville and U.S. 19 by taking state Route 16 south to Gatewood Road. Turn left onto Gatewood for 1.9 miles. 

Then turn left on Newton Road. The trailhead will be on your left.

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