It bears some resemblance with the Grand Canyon except the valley is only about 1000' below the rim of the overlooking hills. Also, the Grand Canyon is less than 50 million years old, the Cheat River Gorge is several hundred million years old.
The Cheat River flows into the Monongahela River which flows into the Ohio River so its part of the Mississippi River watershed.The top picture shows the platform is slanted - that's because it is natural rock that really is slanted.
The second image shows part of the Cheat River was taken by a stranger with my camara.
It was very crowded at the end of the park where this overlook was. Lots of people were having picnics and similar events.
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