Public lands in West Virginia
13 units whose boundary reaches West Virginia. They are 2 national wildlife refuges, 9 wilderness areas and 2 national forests and grasslands, largest first within each type.
Acreage in West Virginia
- National wildlife refuges
- 21,296 acres
- Wilderness areas
- 118,760 acres
- National forests and grasslands
- 1,915,095 acres
Each figure is the acreage inside West Virginia for one kind of unit, summed over the units listed below. A unit that crosses into another state counts only the part of its boundary that lies in West Virginia. Wilderness often lies inside one of the other kinds, so the figures overlap and should not be added together.
National wildlife refuges
Wilderness areas
National forests and grasslands
Boundaries come from the agencies’ own layers. A unit is listed in every state or territory its boundary reaches. Data refreshed November 1, 2026.