Gauley River National Recreation Area

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Summersville Dam

Gauley River National Recreation Area

Location:	West Virginia, USA
Nearest city:	Summersville, West Virginia
Area:	11,507 acres (46.57 km²)
Established:	October 26, 1988
Total Visitation:	128,796 (in 2005)
Governing body:	National Park Service

The Gauley River National Recreation Area, located near Summersville, West Virginia, protects a 25 mile (40 kilometer) portion of the Gauley River and a 5.5 mile (8.8 kilometer) segment of the Meadow River in southern West Virginia. Little of the park is accessible via roads; one must travel via the river. At the upstream end of the park is the Summersville Dam, the only area of the park accessible by vehicle.

[edit] Rapids

Within the park are a number of Class V+ rapids. They have been given names such as:

Lost Guide Rapids
Pillow Rapids
Insignificant Rapid

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	Protected Areas of West Virginia
Federal Protected Areas	Appalachian National Scenic Trail \| Bluestone National Scenic River \| Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge \| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park \| Gauley River National Recreation Area \| George Washington National Forest \| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park \| Monongahela National Forest \| New River Gorge National River \| Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge \| Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
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 Resort \| Tomlinson Run \| Tu-Endie-Wei \| Twin Falls Resort \| Tygart Lake \| Valley Falls \| Watoga \| Watters Smith Memorial
State Forests	Cabwaylingo \| Calvin Price \| Coopers Rock \| Greenbrier \| Kanawha \| Kumbrabow \| Panther \| Seneca
Wildlife Management Areas	Allegheny \| Amherst-Plymouth \| Anawalt \| Andrew Rowan \| Bear Rock Lakes \| Becky Creek \| Beech Fork Lake \| Berwind Lake \| Beury Mountain \| Big Ditch \| Big Ugly \| Bluestone Lake \| Briery Mountain \| Burches Run Lake \| Burnsville Lake \| Castleman Run Lake \| Cecil H. Underwood \| Center Branch \| Chief Cornstalk \| Conaway Run Lake \| Cross Creek \| Dunkard Fork \| East Lynn Lake \| Edwards Run \| Elk River \| Fork Creek \| Fort Mill Ridge \| Frozen Camp \| Green Bottom \| Handley \| Hilbert \| Hillcrest \| Horse Creek \| Hughes River \| Huttonsville \| Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve \| Laurel Lake \| Lewis Wetzel \| McClintic \| Meadow River \| Mill Creek \| Moncove Lake \| Morris Creek \| Nathaniel Mountain \| Pedlar \| Pleasant Creek \| Plum Orchard Lake \| Pruntytown \| R.D. Bailey Lake \| Ritchie Mines \| Sand Hill \| Shannondale Springs \| Short Mountain \| Sleepy Creek \| Smoke Camp \| Snake Hill \| South Branch \| Stonecoal Lake \| Stonewall Jackson Lake \| Stumptown \| Summersville Lake \| Tate Lohr \| Teter Creek Lake \| The Jug \| Thorn Creek \| Tug Fork \| Turkey Run \| Upper Deckers Creek \| Upper Mud River \| Valley Bend Wetlands \| Wallback \| Widmeyer \| Woodrum