Fayetteville, West Virginia

Fayetteville is the town situated in the heart of the New River Gorge National Park and the premier place to stay when visiting the area. A charming town of roughly 3,000 inhabitants, Fayetteville has plenty of quirky stores, restaurants, and pubs to keep you busy.

A few highlights include The Hobbit Hole (a vintage store), The Stache (an ice cream shop), and Arrowhead Bike Farm, a gathering point for adventurers that also includes a biergarten.

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Scenic Areas

Fayette Station Road New

Fayette Station Road (1.7 miles)
New River Gorge Bridge (1.8 miles)
Mystery Hole (5.4 miles)
Thurmond (6.4 miles)
Cathedral Falls (8.2 miles)

New River Gorge Bridge / JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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