Greyhound Rapids
Greyhound Rapids is a rapids in Fayette, West Virginia. Greyhound Rapids is situated nearby to the hamlet Kaymoor, as well as near Fayette.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include New River Gorge Bridge and Tunney Hunsaker Bridge.
New River Gorge Bridge
Bridge
Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. New River Gorge Bridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Greyhound Rapids.
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker, American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia. Tunney Hunsaker Bridge is situated 1½ miles northwest of Greyhound Rapids.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaymoor and Fayette.
Kaymoor
Hamlet
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal-processing plant, and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom.
Fayette
Hamlet
Fayette is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 919 feet.
Edmond
Hamlet
Edmond is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Greyhound Rapids
- Type: Rapids
- Category: body of water
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.0515° or 38° 3′ 5″ northLongitude
-81.05121° or 81° 3′ 4″ westElevation
876 feet (267 metres)Open location code
86CW3W2X+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 356538442OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=rapidsGeoNames ID
4807696
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