Heading to the Summers County Football Game?

For those Highlander fans planning to travel to Hinton to attend Webster's football game against Summers County this Friday evening, you owe it to yourselves to budget in an extra hour or more to visit one of West Virginia's top natural sites.

Sandstone Falls is located about eleven miles from the Summers County High School.  Click the link below for a view of Sandstone Falls and the New River:  Video of Sandstone Falls

The school and the football field is located on Route 20 (on the right between the road and the New River) about two miles before reaching downtown Hinton.  The easiest way to travel to Hinton is to take Route 19 South from Summersville to Interstate 64 (use the North Beckley exit off of 19 South to avoid toll road). Route 19 South will lead you to Interstate 64 East toward Lewisburg.  On 64 East, take the Sandstone/Hinton exit (update: this exit is closed so take exit 143 and follow detour route) and travel South on Route 20 toward Hinton.  Once in Hinton, continue through the downtown to the long bridge over the New River and immediately at the end of the bridge turn right (going down river) and travel about nine miles to the Sandstone Falls parking lot.  The road along the New River to the Falls provides many picturesque sites along the way (this road turns into a narrow lane and one half, so exercise caution).