City: Baywood, VA
County: Grayson County
Type: Boat Ramp
Location: 36.61376751, -81.04580698
Air Temp: --
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Real-time data from USGS Water Services
Whitewater Runs on New River
20 runs (9 nearby)Difficulty Classes
I Easy
II Novice
III Intermediate
IV Advanced
V Expert/Extreme
VI Unrunnable
Position relative to this access site:
Put-in at this location
This location is on the run
Take-out at this location
Downstream from here Upstream from here
Downstream from here Upstream from here
I-II(III)
This location is on this run
01. Stuart Dam (Route 58) to Fries (Route 94)
43.9 mi
I-III
Downstream from here (8.4 mi to put-in)
02.0 Fries Dam to Byllesby Dam
7.2 mi
11 ft/mi
II-III
Downstream from here (14.2 mi to put-in)
02.1 Byllesby Dam to Ivanhoe
4.2 mi
I-II
Downstream from here (15.9 mi to put-in)
02.2 Ivanhoe to Austinville
4.7 mi
I-II
Downstream from here (18.8 mi to put-in)
02.3 Austinville to Foster Falls
4.5 mi
II-III
Downstream from here (22.5 mi to put-in)
02.4 Foster Falls
0.6 mi
II
Downstream from here (23.1 mi to put-in)
03.0 Foster Falls to Barren Springs
6.4 mi
II
Downstream from here (26.9 mi to put-in)
03.1 Barren Springs to Allisonia
5.4 mi
I-II
Downstream from here (45.7 mi to put-in)
04. Claytor Dam to above McCoy Falls
26.0 mi
These whitewater runs are on the same river but located more than 50 miles from this access site.
I-II+(III)
54 mi away
08. Pearisburg,VA to Glen Lyn, VA
9.6 mi
I-II
55 mi away
06. Eggleston to Ripplemead
8.4 mi
4 ft/mi
I-II(III)
53 mi away
05. McCoy Falls to Eggleston
3.5 mi
I-II
54 mi away
07. Ripplemead to Pearisburg
8.4 mi
8 ft/mi
I-III
54 mi away
09. Glen Lyn, VA to Bull Falls Camping Area, WV
21.0 mi
5 ft/mi
I-III(IV)
72 mi away
10. Bluestone Dam to Sandstone
11.0 mi
10 ft/mi
I-III
81 mi away
11. Sandstone to McCreery
15.0 mi
9 ft/mi
II-III
85 mi away
12. McCreery to Thurmond
13.0 mi
8 ft/mi
I-III
93 mi away
13. Thurmond to Cunard
7.2 mi
III-IV
96 mi away
14. Cunard to Fayette Station
6.9 mi
20 ft/mi
III-IV
104 mi away
15. New River Dries: Hawks Nest Dam to Gauley Bridge
6.0 mi
18 ft/mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
About This Access Site
Baywood is a boat ramp access point on the New River in Grayson County, Virginia. The New River is a major waterway with a stream order of 8, indicating it is a significant river system comparable in classification to major American rivers. At this location, the river has an average flow of approximately 12,440 cubic feet per second with an average velocity of 5.37 feet per second, creating moderate current conditions typical of a large river system. The site is situated in the upper portions of the New River's 259-mile course through Virginia and West Virginia, with significant elevation changes and a 7-foot-per-mile average gradient throughout the watershed.