Hawks Nest State Park
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NKS22, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mystery Hole.
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.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawks Nest and Cotton Hill.
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.
Cotton Hill
Hamlet
Cotton Hill is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Gaymont
Hamlet
Gaymont or Camont is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Hawks Nest State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: state park in West Virginia, United States of America
- Categories: West Virginia state park and recreation area
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.12101° or 38° 7′ 16″ northLongitude
-81.12237° or 81° 7′ 21″ westElevation
1,381 feet (421 metres)Open location code
86CW4VCH+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 290983768OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Hawks Nest State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hawks Nest State Park”
- French: “parc d’État de Hawks Nest”
- French: “Parc d’État de Hawks Nest”
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