Begin at the State Capitol and travel through Malden, boyhood home of Booker T. Washington. Then continue through white-water mountain country and the breathtaking scenery of New River Gorge and Hawks Nest State Park. On the eastern end, encounter colonial Lewisburg, and the oldest golf course in the US.
- Length
- 116.8 mi / 188 km
- Time to allow
- Take two hours to drive or eight hours to visit this byway.
- Fees
- There are no fees to drive the byway.
Who looks after this road
- West Virginia Division of Tourism · 800-225-5982 · their site
We publish 6 places that sit on this road, listed in the order you meet them. This is not a route and not a drive time — it is the names, so you can put them into whatever navigation you already use.
Of those, 1 is a roadside oddity — the sort of thing you would drive past without knowing it was there.
“Off” is a straight line from the place to the road, rounded. It is not a driving distance, and the road itself is a simplified centre line, so treat a mile or two as noise.
CharlestonWV1 mile off
Mystery HoleWVon the roadRoadside oddity
Gravity-defying slanted room since 1973
Fayetteville (New River Gorge)WV5 miles off
In our guide: 4 lakes · 1 animal attraction
Hawks Nest State ParkWVon the road
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
Babcock State ParkWV3 miles off
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
The GreenbrierWVon the roadSki or bike
Historic luxury resort with former Cold War bunker
- Kind
- Historic Mountain Lodges