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template: byway.jade
id: "10345"
name: Midland Trail
distance: "116.8"
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."
contact: "**[West Virginia Division of Tourism](http://www.wvtourism.com)**  \r\n 800-225-5982  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/gari/index.htm"
    name: Gauley River National Recreational Area
  - url: "http://www.midlandtrail.com/"
    name: Midland Trail
  - url: "http://www.newrivergorgecvb.com/"
    name: "New River Gorge Convention & Visitors Bureau"
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/neri/index.htm"
    name: New River Gorge National River
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

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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.