Watershed 2024 The Gorge National Park. Shedders and the atmosphere at the gorge amphitheatre for watershed 2024 on august 3, 2024. New river gorge, in west virginia, became america’s newest national park in december 2020.

A rugged, whitewater river flowing northward through deep canyons, the new river is among the oldest rivers on the continent. The new river gorge national park and preserve encompasses almost 295 square kilometers of land around the river corridor, but the new river’s entire watershed is.