New River Gorge National Park & Preserve · West Virginia

Island Loop Trail

0.6 mi loop · 10 ft of descent · 1,280 ft–1,294 ft · native surface · trail class Fully Developed · hiking

1,293 ft 1,287 ft · 0.6 mi high 1,294 ft

Trailhead Sandstone Falls Trailhead 1,298 ft Drive there

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.