September 21, 2025
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GLEN JEAN, WV (SWVO) – In June, New River Gorge National Park & Preserve (NRGNP&P) recorded its highest number of visitors in the month of June.

According to visitation statistics from the National Park Service, 266,425 people visited NRGNP&P in June 2025.

That’s a new record according to available statistics going back to 1992. 

In June 2024, the park recorded 233,731 visitors.

In 2024, the park recorded its highest-ever number of visitors in a year with 1,811,937 visitors.

The New River Gorge has been a part of the National Park Service system since 1978 as a national river and was redesignated as a national park & preserve in December 2020.

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