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Little Kanawha River access points and trip distances, West Virginia

19 access points (19 public) along 130.5 river miles of the Little Kanawha 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)
0.0Bulltown Day Use Area
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38.79044, -80.57036 1.1
1.1Bulltown Campground
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38.80119, -80.57402 5.9
7.0Burnsville Lake Tailwaters
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38.84461, -80.63072 8.6
15.6Little Kanawha River - Gilmer/Braxton County Line
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38.88871, -80.72066 2.5
18.1Little Kanawha River - Stouts Mill
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38.89354, -80.74255 3.9
22.0Little Kanawha River- Glenville
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38.92172, -80.76646 8.1
30.1Little Kanawha River - Leading Creek
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38.94711, -80.87649 11.6
41.7Boat ramp near Lower Run
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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38.90059, -81.00776 8.4
50.1Little Kanawha River - Grantsville
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38.90112, -81.07607 5.8
55.9Cabot Station
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38.92879, -81.11635 26.8
82.7Little Kanawha River - Creston
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38.94815, -81.27057 4.6
87.3Little Kanawha River - Sanoma Bridge
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38.96494, -81.32544 13.8
101.1Little Kanawha River - Lock #4
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39.03407, -81.40608 4.1
105.3Little Kanawha River - Sportsman Park
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39.06615, -81.40507 1.3
106.6Little Kanawha River - Wells Lock (Right Bank)
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39.06650, -81.38987 0.0
106.6Little Kanawha River - Wells Lock (Left Bank)
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39.06786, -81.38813 7.7
114.3Little Kanawha River - Spring Valley
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39.13971, -81.39540 3.1
117.4Little Kanawha River - Leachtown
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39.14035, -81.44792 13.2
130.5Little Kanwaha River - Corning Park
About 0.13 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.25886, -81.53564 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 OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), 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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