Stunning New Film Captures Beauty of New River Gorge National Park Like Never Before
Fayetteville, West Virginia (PRWEB) May 11, 2023 -- In the latest film in their award-winning series, More Than Just Parks has teamed up with West Virginia Tourism to showcase the breathtaking beauty of New River Gorge National Park.
Offering a fresh look at one of the nation's newest national parks, More Than Just Parks' New River Gorge National Park film showcases the park in spectacular fashion. The accompanying guide details all of the best places to go and things to do in New River Gorge National Park. The purpose of the video and guide is to highlight the park's unique scenic, historic, and adventurous character as well as promote responsible recreation within.
The following are key takeaways from the film & guide:
- New River Gorge is one of the top national parks in America for recreation
- Activities covered include hiking, camping, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, rappelling, scenic driving, and the famous bridgewalk
- The guide ranks whitewater rafting as the top activity in the national park with Long Point Trail as the top trail
- New River Gorge is one of only a few national parks to offer free camping
The top 5 things to do in the park according to the guide are:
1) Whitewater Rafting
2) Hiking the Long Point Trail
3) See the Concho Rim Overlook
4) Hiking the Endless Wall Trail
5) Bridgewalk
The full guide and film can be viewed here: https://morethanjustparks.com/things-to-do-new-river-gorge-national-park/
More Than Just Parks Co-Founder & film director, Will Pattiz, commented, "There are few national parks in America with more recreational opportunities than New River Gorge National Park. New River Gorge is the green Grand Canyon of the east coast, a place that all Americans should see."
"I hope that everyone who views this film is inspired to visit New River Gorge responsibly and try some of the many fun activities there. Folks interested in visiting should know there's so much more to the park than it's famous bridge."
Details About the Film & Guide:
- The production took place over a couple of weeks in Summer of 2022 with a release planned for Spring of 2023
- Over 20,000 images were produced in the making of the film
- More than 3 terabytes of footage were created in the process
- The film was shot in 8K UHD
For more details about the film and guide check out the official New River Gorge launch page.
The film is was part of a two film production with the second film about Harpers Ferry National Historical Park launching in May of 2023 as well.
From the Filmmakers:
"Encompassing over 70,000 acres, New River Gorge National Park offers visitors an exciting window into West Virginia’s past and a thrilling adventure on one of America’s most wild and scenic rivers.
Journey with More Than Just Parks as we explore a gorge teeming with rugged beauty, ancient waters, and epic overlooks. This is New River Gorge. Filmed primarily in stunning UHD 8K.
To create this film we spent a few weeks on location in New River Gorge National Park as part of a partnership with West Virginia Toursim. The purpose of the video is to highlight the park's unique scenic, historic, and adventurous character as well as promote responsible recreation within."
About More Than Just Parks:
- More Than Just Parks is a conservation-minded public lands organization with a mission to share the beauty of America’s public lands and encourage their protection. They do this by producing a series of critically-acclaimed short films and creating helpful online guides. Their work has received international praise being hailed by London’s Telegraph as “The Most Beautiful Videos of America You’ll Watch”
Will Pattiz, More Than Just Parks, https://morethanjustparks.com/, 1 4045833397, [email protected]
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