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Buckhannon River access points and trip distances, West Virginia

10 access points (10 public) along 41.3 river miles of the Buckhannon River in West Virginia. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Alexander
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38.78273, -80.22196 16.9
16.9Hampton Bridge
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38.93914, -80.23901 4.4
21.3Buckhannnon City
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38.99113, -80.21211 2.1
23.4North River Front Park
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38.99599, -80.21756 2.7
26.1Pringle Tree Park
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39.01867, -80.20757 1.4
27.5DNR River Road
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39.01060, -80.19329 3.9
31.4DNR Hall Road
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39.02085, -80.16357 3.0
34.4Rock Quarry
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39.03287, -80.15632 4.4
38.8Hall
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39.05359, -80.11107 2.5
41.3Boulder/Rangoon
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39.06880, -80.10338 end

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from WV DNR Public Fishing Access Sites. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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