What's here
- Summersville Lake access and marinas
- Gauley put-in proximity
- Reliable chain lodging and groceries
- Battle Run and other Corps campgrounds
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Lodging, food and gear in Summersville
Town-level listings for operators based here. Capped at four per basecamp page.
List your business hereWithin reach
Lake · New River Gorge
Summersville Lake
West Virginia's largest lake and by a wide margin its clearest — 2,700 acres of blue-green water in a sandstone basin, popular for scuba diving, paddleboarding and boating.
2,700 ac surface327 ft max depth
River · New River Gorge
Gauley River
The most celebrated whitewater in the eastern United States.
Class V upper gauley100+ rapids
State Park · New River Gorge
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park
A Civil War battlefield on a bluff above the Gauley River with overlooks into the canyon and trails dropping toward the water.
156 ac park1861 battle
River · New River Gorge
Meadow River
Two things at once: an exceptional and demanding whitewater run, and one of the most significant new climbing developments in the eastern United States over the past decade, with hundreds of routes established on clean sandstone in a deep, quiet gorge.
Class IV–V whitewaterHundreds new routes