Glen Dale, WV, a community on the Ohio River in Marshall County, was platted in 1891 and incorporated in 1924. Glen Dale adjoins Moundsville, West Virginia, on the south.
Burches Run Wildlife Management Area is located roughly ten miles east of Glen Dale on Wheeling Creek.
Glen Dale is located on highway WV-2 approximately two miles north of Moundsville, West Virginia, and three miles south of McMechen, West Virginia.
Glen Dale is located in the Northern Panhandle Region in northern West Virginia.