Q 01/05

The gorge's rim cliffs make it one of the East Coast's top spots for which sport?

A) Hang gliding

B) Rock climbing

C) Mountain biking

D) Trail running

Answer · why

B) Rock climbing

Rock climbing: nearly every route is a single pitch of 30 to 120 feet on the hard cliff band just below the rim, with bolted sport lines and tradition...

Q 02/05

Commercial outfitters run trips down the Lower Gorge from April through October doing what?

A) Zip-lining

B) Whitewater rafting

C) Cave touring

D) Gold panning

Answer · why

B) Whitewater rafting

Whitewater rafting: outfitters have run the Lower Gorge's big rapids commercially since 1968, while the gentler upper river is better suited to canoei...

Q 03/05

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is in which U.S. state?

A) Kentucky

B) North Carolina

C) West Virginia

D) Tennessee

Answer · why

C) West Virginia

It runs 53 miles down the gorge from just below Hinton to a state park near Ansted.

Q 04/05

Which mountain system does the gorge cut through?

A) Ozarks

B) Adirondacks

C) Alleghenies of Pennsylvania

D) Appalachians

Answer · why

D) Appalachians

The gorge cuts through the Appalachians and is billed as the longest and deepest river gorge in that range, with more than 1,000 feet of rock exposed ...

Q 05/05

In what year was the area redesignated from a national river to a national park and preserve?

A) 2004

B) 2013

C) 2016

D) 2020

Answer · why

D) 2020

The redesignation came on December 27, 2020, making the gorge the state's first national park after 42 years as a national river.