Greenbrier River
The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 162 miles long, in southeastern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Green Briar River”, “Green Brier River”, “Green Bryar River”, “Green Bryer River”, “Greenbriar River”, “O-ne-pa-ke”, “O-ne-pa-ke-cepe”, “Onepake”, “Riviere de la Ronceverte”, “We-o-to-we”, “We-o-to-we-cepe-we”, and “Weotowe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bushes Island and Coney Island.
Bushes Island
Islet
Bushes Island is an island on the New River at its confluence with the Greenbrier River between Bellepoint and Hinton in Summers County, West Virginia.
Coney Island
Islet
Coney Island is an island on the New River at Hinton in Summers County, West Virginia. Coney Island is located directly downstream from Bushes Island. Beech Run empties into the New River to the island's west.
Hinton station
Railway station
Hinton station is an Amtrak station in Hinton, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station is a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway depot, and is located in the Hinton Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellepoint and Hinton.
Bellepoint
Hamlet
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Bellepoint was an unincorporated community located in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Bellepoint was later merged into Hinton; however, it had its own post office, as seen in the image below.
Hinton
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Hinton is a city in Summers County, West Virginia, population 2,266. It borders the southern edge of New River Gorge National Park, and acts as an anchor to its southern end, being the closest town to Sandstone Falls and the park's Sandstone Visitors Center, located near exit 139 off I-64.
Browning
Hamlet
Browning is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. Browning is located on the Greenbrier River, southeast of Hinton.
Greenbrier River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Summers, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Greenbrier River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Greenbrier River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Greenbrier”
- Catalan: “Greenbrier”
- Cebuano: “Greenbrier River”
- Chinese: “格林布賴爾河”
- Chinese: “綠刺藤河”
- Dutch: “Greenbrier River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جرينبرير”
- French: “Greenbrier River”
- French: “Greenbrier”
- German: “Greenbrier River”
- Hebrew: “נהר גרינביר”
- Irish: “Abhainn Greenbrier”
- Japanese: “グリーンブライアー川”
- Japanese: “グリーンブリア川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Greenbrier River”
- Venetian: “Greenbrier”
- Welsh: “Afon Greenbrier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avis and Hinton Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bellpoint Bridge and Veterans Memorial Bridge.
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