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Public Hunting Lands

Wildlife Management Areas

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources maintains 47 WMAs totaling nearly 225,000 acres for the benefit of all citizens for a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities. Many WMAs are open for some type of hunting. These lands are purchased and maintained with hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees and with Wildlife Restoration funds, derived from the sale of hunting-related equipment. We encourage the public to utilize all lands and enjoy the bountiful natural resources found there.

Virginia Wildlife Management Areas Map

WMA

Acres

1.

* Amelia WMA

2,217

2.

Big Survey WMA

7,564

3.

Big Woods WMA

2,208

4.

Briery Creek WMA

3,164

5.

Cavalier WMA/Bear Garden WCS

4,485

6.

* Chickahominy WMA

5,218

7.

Clinch Mountain WMA

25,477

8.

Coastal Forest WMA

8,000

9.

Crooked Creek WMA

1,882

10.

* Dick Cross WMA

1,400

11.

* Doe Creek WMA

637

12.

Robert W. Duncan WMA

1,300

13.

Fairystone Farms WMA

5,414

13.

* Featherfin WMA

3,084

15.

Flippo-Gentry WMA

2,000

16.

* Game Farm Marsh WMA

530

17.

T.M. Gathright WMA

13,428

18.

Goshen WMA

16,163

19.

Guinea Marsh WMA

728

20.

Hardware River WMA

1,175

21.

Havens WMA

9,023

22.

Hidden Valley WMA

6,400

23.

Highland WMA

14,283

24.

*/# Hog Island WMA/Lawnes Creek WCS

3,908

25.

Horsepen Lake WMA

2,910

26.

James River WMA

1,213

27.

* Land’s End WMA (Salem Church Tract is squirrel only)

450

28.

Little North Mountain WMA

17,156

29.

Mattaponi WMA

2,542

30.

* Mattaponi Bluffs WMA

470

31.

* Merrimac Farm WMA

301

32.

* Mockhorn Island WMA/Jones Cove WCS

7,642

33.

Oakley Forest WMA

4,459

34.

Pettigrew WMA

934

35.

# C. F. Phelps WMA

4,540

36.

Powhatan WMA

4,463

37.

*/# Princess Anne WMA

1,546

38.

Ragged Island WMA

1,537

39.

Rapidan WMA

10,870

40.

Saxis WMA

5,574

41.

Short Hills WMA

4,232

42.

Stewarts Creek WMA

1,138

43.

G. Richard Thompson WMA

3,963

44.

Turkeycock Mountain WMA

2,678

45.

Tye River WMA

1,044

46.

* Ware Creek WMA

2,600

47.

White Oak Mountain WMA

2,748

For additional information about WMAs, please visit: dwr.virginia.gov/wma/