Chimney Corner

Chimney Corner is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Chimney Corner is located at the junction of U.S. Route 60 and West Virginia Route 16, 3.5 miles southeast of Gauley Bridge.

Type: Hamlet
Description: unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
Also known as: “Chimney Corner, West Virginia” and “Chimney Corner, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mystery Hole and Hawks Nest State Park.

Mystery Hole

Mystery Hole is a roadside attraction in Ansted, West Virginia, near Hawks Nest State Park and Cathedral Falls in West Virginia. The attraction was created by Donald Wilson in 1973.

Hawks Nest State Park

Park

Photo: NKS22, Public domain.

Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River, some 750 feet below. Hawks Nest State Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Chimney Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cotton Hill and Hawks Nest.

Cotton Hill

Hamlet

Cotton Hill is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Cotton Hill is situated 2 miles south of Chimney Corner.

Hawks Nest

Hamlet

Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park, is a peak on Gauley Mountain in Ansted, West Virginia, United States. The cliffs at this point rise 585 ft above the New River. Hawks Nest is situated 2½ miles southeast of Chimney Corner.

Ansted

Village

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ansted is a town in Fayette County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The population was 1,303 at the 2020 census. It is situated on high bluffs along U.S. Route 60 on a portion of the Midland Trail near Hawks Nest overlooking the New River far below. Ansted is situated 2½ miles east of Chimney Corner.

Chimney Corner

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.139° or 38° 8′ 20″ north

Longitude

-81.14705° or 81° 8′ 49″ west

Elevation

1,070 feet (326 metres)

Open location code

86CW4VQ3+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 154002940

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4802092

Wikidata ID

Q5099397

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Chimney Corner” goes by many names.

French: “Chimney Corner”
Irish: “Chimney Corner”
Spanish: “Chimney Corner”

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Highlights include Gum Springs Church and Hawks Nest State Park Golf Course.

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