Cranberry Report The 35,864-acre Cranberry Wilderness is located in Webster and Pocahontas counties, West Virginia within the Monongahela National Forest. The Cranberry is certainly one of the easts greatest Wilderness Areas. It includes the entire drainage area of the Middle Fork of the Williams River and the North Fork of the Cranberry River. The northern and southern parts of the area are drained by the main Williams River and the South Fork of the Cranberry Rivers. Terrain is typical of the Allegheny Plateau. The mountains are broad and massive and dissected by deep, narrow valleys. Elevations range from 2,400 to over 4,600 feet. The primary cover is mixed Appalachian hardwoods. Pure red