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id: "10345"
name: Midland Trail
distance: "117"
duration: Take two hours to drive or eight hours to visit this byway.
description: Begin at the State Capitol and travel through Malden, boyhood home of Booker T. Washington. Then continue through white-water mountain country and the breathtaking scenery of New River Gorge and Hawks Nest State Park. On the eastern end, encounter colonial Lewisburg, and the oldest golf course in the US.
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websites:
  - url: https://wvtourism.com/company/midland-trail-national-scenic-highway/
    name: West Virginia Travel Guide
attractions:
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/gari/index.htm
    name: Gauley River National Recreational Area
  - url: https://newrivergorgecvb.com/
    name: New River Gorge
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/neri/index.htm
    name: New River Gorge National River
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_60_in_West_Virginia
    name: Wikipedia
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - West Virginia State Scenic Byway
states:
  - WV
ll:
  - -81.61653899999999
  - 38.33638000000008
bounds:
  - - -81.61653899999999
    - 37.77154200000007
  - - -80.29746199999994
    - 38.33638000000008
books: "978-1426219054"

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Begin at the State Capitol and travel through Malden, boyhood home of Booker T. Washington. Then continue through white-water mountain country and the breathtaking scenery of New River Gorge and Hawks Nest State Park. On the eastern end, encounter colonial Lewisburg, and the oldest golf course in the US.