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Cacapon River access points and trip distances, West Virginia

11 access points (11 public) along 74.2 river miles of the Cacapon 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)
0.0Wardensville
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39.09210, -78.58684 8.9
8.9Capon Lake
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39.15817, -78.53475 2.7
11.6Yellow Springs
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39.18282, -78.50602 4.9
16.6Yellow Springs North
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39.23394, -78.46511 2.5
19.1Hooks Mill
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39.24170, -78.46125 4.5
23.6Capon Bridge
About 0.11 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.29301, -78.43201 11.8
35.4Rt. 127 Bridge
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39.40325, -78.41737 9.2
44.6Cacapon Crossing
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39.45230, -78.42558 18.2
62.8Fishers Ford Bridge
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39.52802, -78.34673 9.8
72.6Power House
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39.60543, -78.28287 1.6
74.2Great Cacapon
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39.61855, -78.28240 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

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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