Access Site
VA
Hawks Nest State Park
City: VA
County:
Type: Boat Ramp
Location: 38.11853700, -81.11975300
Air Temp: --
Location
Interactive access map
Loads when you reach this section.
Live Webcam
Nearby Gauge Conditions
Real-time data from USGS Water Services
Whitewater Runs on New River
20 runs (7 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
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III-IV
Put-in at this location
15. New River Dries: Hawks Nest Dam to Gauley Bridge
6.0 mi
18 ft/mi
III-IV
Upstream from here (4.4 mi from take-out)
14. Cunard to Fayette Station
6.9 mi
20 ft/mi
I-III
Upstream from here (10.6 mi from take-out)
13. Thurmond to Cunard
7.2 mi
II-III
Upstream from here (11.7 mi from take-out)
12. McCreery to Thurmond
13.0 mi
8 ft/mi
I-III
Upstream from here (18.7 mi from take-out)
11. Sandstone to McCreery
15.0 mi
9 ft/mi
I-III(IV)
Upstream from here (29.0 mi from take-out)
10. Bluestone Dam to Sandstone
11.0 mi
10 ft/mi
I-III
Upstream from here (42.3 mi from take-out)
09. Glen Lyn, VA to Bull Falls Camping Area, WV
21.0 mi
5 ft/mi
These whitewater runs are on the same river but located more than 50 miles from this access site.
I-II+(III)
55 mi away
08. Pearisburg,VA to Glen Lyn, VA
9.6 mi
I-II
59 mi away
07. Ripplemead to Pearisburg
8.4 mi
8 ft/mi
I-II
63 mi away
06. Eggleston to Ripplemead
8.4 mi
4 ft/mi
I-II(III)
67 mi away
05. McCoy Falls to Eggleston
3.5 mi
I-II
70 mi away
04. Claytor Dam to above McCoy Falls
26.0 mi
II
86 mi away
03.0 Foster Falls to Barren Springs
6.4 mi
II
85 mi away
03.1 Barren Springs to Allisonia
5.4 mi
I-II
87 mi away
02.3 Austinville to Foster Falls
4.5 mi
II-III
87 mi away
02.4 Foster Falls
0.6 mi
I-II
88 mi away
02.2 Ivanhoe to Austinville
4.7 mi
II-III
90 mi away
02.1 Byllesby Dam to Ivanhoe
4.2 mi
I-III
94 mi away
02.0 Fries Dam to Byllesby Dam
7.2 mi
11 ft/mi
I-II(III)
97 mi away
01. Stuart Dam (Route 58) to Fries (Route 94)
43.9 mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
Amenities
parking