Sandstone Falls
I had one more New River diversion in me after I left Grandview, when I headed up river a short distance to see Sandstone Falls. You can see the falls down there beneath me, about 620 feet below this overlook. The falls are a series of stair-step cascades that reach across the river in a complicated mix of platforms.
But I'm still in West Virginia, so even though I'm looking right at the falls a mere 620 feet below me, I have to drive another 16 miles to get to them. I have to drive south 8 miles up the river to the little town of Hinton (pictures in a couple of days), cross over the river on a highway bridge, then drive 8 miles back down river to get to the road you see on the river bank right down there. But there's a parking lot and a fancy boardwalk trail, so I thought it was worth it.
Sandstone Falls
I had one more New River diversion in me after I left Grandview, when I headed up river a short distance to see Sandstone Falls. You can see the falls down there beneath me, about 620 feet below this overlook. The falls are a series of stair-step cascades that reach across the river in a complicated mix of platforms.
But I'm still in West Virginia, so even though I'm looking right at the falls a mere 620 feet below me, I have to drive another 16 miles to get to them. I have to drive south 8 miles up the river to the little town of Hinton (pictures in a couple of days), cross over the river on a highway bridge, then drive 8 miles back down river to get to the road you see on the river bank right down there. But there's a parking lot and a fancy boardwalk trail, so I thought it was worth it.