Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area

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Coordinates: 37°15′47″N 81°42′51″W / 37.26306, -81.71417

Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area
West Virginia Wildlife Management Area
Berwind Lake
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell

Elevation	1,903 ft (580 m)
Coordinates	37°15′47″N 81°42′51″W / 37.26306, -81.71417

Area	93 acres (37.6 ha) ^[1]

Established	1974 ^[2]
Owner	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Nearest city	War, West Virginia

Location of Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
Website: Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area

Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area is located on 93 acres (38 ha)^[1] near War in McDowell County, West Virginia. The wildlife management area is centered around 20-acre (8.1 ha)^[3] Berwind Lake.

Berwind Lake WMA used to be one of the largest wildlife management areas in the state, encompassing over 18,000 acres (7,300 ha)^[2], but much of this land was lost after the Berwind Lake Company lease under which it was operated expired.^[4]

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Wildlife management areas	Allegheny • Amherst-Plymouth • Anawalt Lake • Bear Rock Lakes • Becky Creek • Beech Fork Lake • Berwind Lake • Beury Mountain • Big Ditch • Big Ugly • Bluestone Lake • Briery Mountain • Burches Run Lake • Burnsville Lake • Castleman Run Lake • Cecil H. Underwood • Center Branch • Chief Cornstalk • Conaway Run Lake • Cross Creek • Dunkard Fork • East Lynn Lake • Edwards Run • Elk Creek • Elk River • Fork Creek • Fort Mill Ridge • Frozen Camp • Green Bottom • Handley • Hilbert • Hillcrest • Horse Creek • Hughes River • Huttonsville State Farm • Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve • Laurel Lake • Lewis Wetzel • Little Indian Creek • McClintic • Meadow River • Mill Creek • Moncove Lake • Morris Creek • Nathaniel Mountain • Pedlar • Pleasant Creek • Plum Orchard Lake • Pruntytown • R.D. Bailey Lake • Ritchie Mines • Sand Hill • Shannondale Springs • Short Mountain • Slatyfork • Sleepy Creek • Smoke Camp • Snake Hill • South Branch • Stonecoal Lake • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Stumptown • Summersville Lake • Tate Lohr • Teter Creek Lake • The Jug • Thorn Creek • Tug Fork • Turkey Run • Upper Deckers Creek • Upper Mud River • Valley Bend • Wallback • Widmeyer • Woodrum

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