The Bluestone River is a beautiful, high-quality warmwater stream that flows for 77 miles from its headwaters at an elevation of 3,500 feet on East River Mountain near Bluefield, Virginia, to Bluestone Lake near Hinton, West Virginia. As a tributary of the New River, the Bluestone drains parts of southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia. In 1988, a 10.5-mile section was designated as the Bluestone National Scenic River, which runs through a deep, scenic gorge cut through the surrounding mountains. The area offers anglers not only excellent fishing opportunities but also stunning natural scenery with diverse Southern Appalachian forest types ranging from oaks and hickories on the ridgetops to birch and sycamores along the riverbanks.