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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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 located in Ansted, West Virginia, near Hawks Nest State Park and Cathedral Falls in West Virginia. Mystery Hole was founded 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 in the United States and locality
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.139° or 38° 8′ 20″ northLongitude
-81.14705° or 81° 8′ 49″ westElevation
1,070 feet (326 metres)Open location code
86CW4VQ3+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 154002940OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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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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