Put-in

Take-out

Select put-in and take-out to estimate time.

See wind-adjusted speed maps, forecast planning, and detailed time estimates.

Whitewater timing varies with scouting, portages, and group pace. Use as a planning baseline.

Mostly flatwater. Perhaps five class 2 rapids with long stretches of flatwater between them. There is also a class 3, with a big hole called Surprise. Surprise rapid is big enough to stand large rafts vertically at some flows. New River Gorge National Park Website NPS Guide to paddling the New River(Gauge Conversions Table) National Park Service map of the New Gorge