The Jug

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Coordinates: 39°28′05″N 80°52′31″W / 39.46806, -80.87528

The Jug Wildlife Management Area
West Virginia Wildlife Management Area
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Tyler

Elevation	900 ft (274.3 m)
Coordinates	39°28′05″N 80°52′31″W / 39.46806, -80.87528

Area	2,848 acres (1,152.5 ha) ^[1]

Owner	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section

Nearest city	Middlebourne, West Virginia

Location of The Jug Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
Website: WVDNR District 6 Wildlife Management Areas

The Jug (also known as the Jug Handle) is a jug-shaped island formed by a horseshoe bend on Middle Island Creek near Middlebourne in Tyler County, West Virginia. It is maintained by the state of West Virginia as The Jug Wildlife Management Area.

[edit] See also

List of islands of West Virginia

[edit] References

^ WVDNR District 6 Wildlife Management Areas, Accessed March 29, 2008

[edit] External links

WVDNR District 6 Wildlife Management Areas

v • d • e Protected Areas of West Virginia

Federal protected areas	Appalachian National Scenic Trail • Bluestone National Scenic River • Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Cranberry Wilderness • Dolly Sods Wilderness • Gauley River National Recreation Area • George Washington National Forest • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park • Jefferson National Forest • Laurel Fork North Wilderness • Laurel Fork South Wilderness • Monongahela National Forest • Mountain Lake Wilderness • New River Gorge National River • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge • Otter Creek Wilderness • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

State parks	Audra • Babcock • Beartown • Beech Fork • Berkeley Springs • Blackwater Falls • Blennerhassett Island • Bluestone • Cacapon Resort • Camp Creek • Canaan Valley Resort • Carnifex Ferry Battlefield • Cass Scenic Railroad • Cathedral • Cedar Creek • Chief Logan • Droop Mountain Battlefield • Fairfax Stone • Greenbrier River Trail • Hawks Nest • Holly River • Little Beaver • Lost River • Moncove Lake • North Bend Rail Trail • North Bend • Pinnacle Rock • Pipestem Resort • Prickett's Fort • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Tomlinson Run • Tu-Endie-Wei • Twin Falls Resort • Tygart Lake • Valley Falls • Watoga • Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo • Calvin Price • Camp Creek • Coopers Rock • Greenbrier • Kanawha • Kumbrabow • Panther • Seneca

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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