C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area
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last updated: May 2023

High on the list of places to go for many outdoors men and women in Northern Virginia is the intensively managed Chester F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area. Offering the opportunity to hunt, fish, canoe, hike or to pursue other outdoor activities, the Phelps is a prize example of multiple-recreation land use.

Most of the management area’s 4,539 acres are in southern Fauquier County with the balance being in Culpeper County. Over 1,000 of these acres are open, the result of their past use for agriculture. Additional openings are found within the area’s forested land. Most of the area is rolling with low hills and shallow valleys. The steepest land occurs near the Rappahannock River which years ago created the property’s sandy, level bottomland, and now forms much of the property’s western boundary. Several small streams cross the area and a three acre pond is located near the center of the property. The forested portion of the management area consists of both pine and hardwood, and ranges in age from seedling to mature hardwood.

Recreational Opportunities on this WMA

Hunting
Trapping
Primitive Camping
Warmwater Fishing
Hiking
Horseback Riding
Birding
Boat Ramp
Ranges

Facilities

Parking lots are located along the perimeter of the area on routes 651 and 632 in Fauquier County, and on 674 in Culpeper County. Several additional parking areas in the interior are open during the hunting season. A parking area and ramp for small boats and canoes is located on the Culpeper side of the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford. Foot trails leading from some of the parking areas, help users reach the area's interior. An area designed to provide handicapped persons access to outdoor activities will be completed during 1996.

Directions

The Phelps Wildlife Management Area, located near the village of Sumerduck, is accessible by route 651, either south from U.S. Route 29 through the Town of Remington, or from U. S. Route 17, one mile north of Goldvein Post Office. See the map for further detail.

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