Cacapon River
The Cacapon River, located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's eastern panhandle region, is an 81.0-mile-long shallow river known for its fishing, boating, wildlife, hunting, and wilderness scenery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Big Capon River”, “Cacapehon Creek”, “Cacapehon River”, “Cacapon Creek”, “Cackapehon River”, “Cackapohon River”, “Capcappin Creek”, “Cape Capon River”, “Capecapon River”, “Capon River”, “Great Cacapehon River”, “Great Cacapon River”, and “Great Capon River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area.
Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area
Park
Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area, is located about 3 miles north of Great Cacapon, West Virginia in Morgan County. Widmeyer WMA is located on 422 acres of upland hills above the Potomac River. Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cacapon River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Cacapon and Woodmont.
Great Cacapon
Hamlet
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cacapon is a census-designated place in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, its population was 315.
Woodmont
Hamlet
Woodmont is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Western Maryland Railroad Right-of-Way, Milepost 126 to Milepost 160 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Woodmont
Hamlet
Woodmont is an unincorporated community on the Potomac River in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Woodmont lies to the immediate west of the hamlet of Great Cacapon. Woodmont is situated 1½ miles west of Cacapon River.
Cacapon River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Cacapon River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Cacapon River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cacapon”
- Cebuano: “Cacapon River”
- Cornish: “Avon Cacapon”
- Cornish: “Dowr Cacapon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاكابون”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cacapon”
- Venetian: “Cacapon”
- Welsh: “Afon Cacapon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cohill and Pearre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Capacon Bridge and Lock 54.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cacapon River”. Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.