New River Gorge Named #1 Best Underrated Travel Destination  

U.S. News and World Report Magazine rates West Virginia’s New River Gorge National Park and Preserve as the #1 Best Underrated Travel Destination in America for 2026.  Every year, the magazine evaluates 1,500 destinations.  Governor Patrick Morrisey announced the designation at the tourism location earlier this week…

“If you’re looking for beauty, if you’re looking to vacation in a place to come back again, and again, and again, West Virginia is the place.  And you may just have a story like mine where I started coming here over 30 years ago, and I used to visit, and I came back again, and again, and pretty soon you become Governor of the great state of West Virginia.  So, it’s really thrilling to be here.”