The Jug

The Jug Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Map showing the location of The Jug Wildlife Management Area
Map showing the location of The Jug Wildlife Management Area
Location of The Jug Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
LocationTyler, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates39°28′05″N 80°52′31″W / 39.46806°N 80.87528°W / 39.46806; -80.87528
Area2,848 acres (11.53 km2)[2]
Elevation900 ft (270 m)
WebsiteWVDNR District 6 Wildlife Management Areas

The Jug — formerly known as the Jug Handle — is a jug-shaped island formed by a horseshoe bend on Middle Island Creek near Middlebourne in Tyler County, West Virginia, USA. It is maintained by the state of West Virginia as The Jug Wildlife Management Area (2,848 acres, including the Jug and much land south of it).

  1. ^ "The Jug Wildlife Management Area". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ WVDNR District 6 Wildlife Management Areas, Accessed March 29, 2008

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