BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to First Fork, West Virginia
No site in WV DEP's access file falls on First Fork, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 2 blocks of public land front First Fork, and 8.2 of its 5.5 mapped miles run through them.
Public land on the water
- Monongahela National Forest — U.S. Forest Service, 5.52 mi of this river, 949,934 acres in all
- Cheat Wildlife Management Area — U.S. Forest Service, 2.7 mi of this river, 79,747 acres in all, restricted access
Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it. The river miles are how far this river's drawn axis runs inside each block, measured here; the acreage is the whole unit's, most of which is nowhere near this water. "Restricted access" and "access unrecorded" are PAD-US's own words for the block, and neither one means open — check before you park.
More about First Fork
First Fork — live water temperature, regulations and access