Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located on south of Romney in

Hampshire County, West Virginia Hampshire County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,093. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town (1762). The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1754, ...

. The

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's principle access road is off Grassy Lick Road (County Route 10). Nathaniel Mountain is owned by the

West Virginia Division of Natural Resources The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state ...

(WVDNR), and is one of West Virginia's largest wildlife management areas. The WMA was expanded in November 2003 after the WVDNR purchased from the MeadWestvaco Corporation. Nathaniel Mountain WMA is made up of three major mountains:

Nathaniel Mountain Nathaniel Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest northeast through Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of above sea-level. The mountain is bound at its western flank by the South Br ...

(), Piney Mountain (), and

South Branch Mountain South Branch Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest to northeast through Hampshire and Hardy counties in the Eastern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, rising to its greatest elevation of 3,028 feet (923 m) above sea-level in ...

(). The WMA's forests are primarily dominated by mature species of

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, and

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, and

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s are available for hunting. Mill Run, a steep mountain

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that meanders through a seven-mile (11 km) course to join the

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, is also located in the Nathaniel Mountain WMA.

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West Virginia DNR District 2 Wildlife Management AreasWest Virginia Hunting RegulationsWest Virginia Fishing RegulationsWVDNR map of Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area
{{Protected areas of West Virginia Wildlife management areas of West Virginia Protected areas of Hampshire County, West Virginia

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