A hand holding a large brown moth with V shaped wings
A large light brown moth with a tan colored pattern sitting on a rock wall
A large light green moth with a pink spot on each wing and feathery antennae on a stone wall

Moth Watching at Canyon Rim

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve

Special Event
  • Jul 28, 2023 at 9:00 PM
  • Free

Celebrate National Moth Week with an evening of moth watching at Canyon Rim Visitor Center in Lansing. Discover an amazing diversity of local moth species as these beauties come and go from a moth watching station. Bring a headlamp and a camera. Moth watching may continue past 11:00 pm for those who wish to stay.

Meet at Canyon Rim Visitor Center picnic shelter

Fees

This event is free to attend.

Location

Meet at Canyon Rim Visitor Center at the picnic shelter. The visitor center will be closed, but the grounds will be open. As you walk to the visitor center from the parking lot go up the stairs and follow the path left up towards the back of the visitor center. The picnic shelter is connected to the left side of the visitor center building.

Latitude and Longitude 38.000000, -81.000000

Schedule

Date:

Jul 28, 2023

Time:

9:00 PM

Duration:

2 hours

Moth watching may continue past 11:00 pm for those who wish to stay.

Tags: national moth week, new river gorge national park and preserve, canyon rim visitor center, moths