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| | Breaks Interstate Park: About Us |
 | | About Us Breaks Interstate Park is often called "The Grand Canyon of the South." Perhaps the scale of the 5-mile-long,.25-mile-deep gorge that forms the park's centerpiece cannot rival that of the Grand Canyon, but the canyon is among the longest and deepest east of the Mississippi River. |
 | | Today, 4,600-acre Breaks Interstate Park, so called because it sits astride the state line shared by both Kentucky and Virginia, attracts more than a third of a million visitors annually. |
 | | They come to fish the still pools, to raft the Class IV rapids of the Russell Fork River, to stand at panoramic overlooks, to camp in the park's wooded campsites, to walk the miles of meandering hiking trails, and to see the beauty of Catawba rhododendron in lavender bloom in early May. |
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