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EAGLE'S NEST OUTFITTERS EAGLE'S NEST OUTFITTERS
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Offers the perfect setting and 80 miles of river for canoeing, fishing or camping. They have several scenic river trips on which visitors can experience the fresh, clean waters passing between majestic cliffs, mountaineer farms, and vistas that are ever-changing to provide spectacular scenery especially in the spring and fall.

SMOKE HOLE/BIG BEND RECREATION AREA SMOKE HOLE/BIG BEND RECREATION AREA
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Adjacent to the South Branch of the Potomac with some of the area's best trout fishing. Lying next to a half-mile nearly vertical, canyon wall. Big Bend has 46 campsites, a favorite of fly fisherman. There are 30 miles of maintained trails nearby and vast back country to explore. A one mile loop trail is available at the campground. Big Bend is a favorite river tubing area in the summer.

PETERSBURG HATCHERY PETERSBURG HATCHERY

Brook, brown, rainbow and golden rainbow trout are all produced in West Virginia hatcheries. Petersburg is known as the "Home of the Golden Trout", which is a color mutation of the regular rainbow and was developed using selective breeding at the Petersburg hatchery.

SPRING  RUN WATERFALL AND HATCHERY SPRING RUN WATERFALL AND HATCHERY

Located about 6 miles south of Petersburg close to Dorcas. Spring Run Waterfall and hatchery offer visitors peaceful walks along a moss lined creek with sometimes, rapidly flowing waterfalls. One of two hatcheries in Grant County where one can see the Golden Trout.


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