Access Site
VA
Helms Beach River Access
City: VA
County:
Type: Boat Ramp
Location: 37.72313900, -80.89500900
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 (12 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
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I-III(IV)
This location is on this run
10. Bluestone Dam to Sandstone
11.0 mi
10 ft/mi
I-III
Downstream from here (3.4 mi to put-in)
11. Sandstone to McCreery
15.0 mi
9 ft/mi
II-III
Downstream from here (16.1 mi to put-in)
12. McCreery to Thurmond
13.0 mi
8 ft/mi
I-III
Downstream from here (20.3 mi to put-in)
13. Thurmond to Cunard
7.2 mi
III-IV
Downstream from here (21.0 mi to put-in)
14. Cunard to Fayette Station
6.9 mi
20 ft/mi
III-IV
Downstream from here (31.8 mi to put-in)
15. New River Dries: Hawks Nest Dam to Gauley Bridge
6.0 mi
18 ft/mi
I-III
Upstream from here (12.6 mi from take-out)
09. Glen Lyn, VA to Bull Falls Camping Area, WV
21.0 mi
5 ft/mi
I-II+(III)
Upstream from here (24.5 mi from take-out)
08. Pearisburg,VA to Glen Lyn, VA
9.6 mi
I-II
Upstream from here (28.1 mi from take-out)
07. Ripplemead to Pearisburg
8.4 mi
8 ft/mi
I-II
Upstream from here (31.3 mi from take-out)
06. Eggleston to Ripplemead
8.4 mi
4 ft/mi
I-II(III)
Upstream from here (35.8 mi from take-out)
05. McCoy Falls to Eggleston
3.5 mi
I-II
Upstream from here (38.4 mi from take-out)
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.
II
56 mi away
03.0 Foster Falls to Barren Springs
6.4 mi
II
55 mi away
03.1 Barren Springs to Allisonia
5.4 mi
I-II
58 mi away
02.3 Austinville to Foster Falls
4.5 mi
II-III
58 mi away
02.4 Foster Falls
0.6 mi
I-II
60 mi away
02.2 Ivanhoe to Austinville
4.7 mi
II-III
62 mi away
02.1 Byllesby Dam to Ivanhoe
4.2 mi
I-III
66 mi away
02.0 Fries Dam to Byllesby Dam
7.2 mi
11 ft/mi
I-II(III)
70 mi away
01. Stuart Dam (Route 58) to Fries (Route 94)
43.9 mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
Amenities
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