Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve

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Coordinates: 37°56′24″N 79°26′02″W / 37.9399°N 79.434°W / 37.9399; -79.434[1]
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Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve
Map showing the location of Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve
LocationRockbridge County, Virginia
Nearest cityGoshen, Virginia
Coordinates37°56′24″N 79°26′02″W / 37.9399°N 79.434°W / 37.9399; -79.434[1]
Area936 acres (379 ha)
Established2001
Governing bodyVirginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve is a 936-acre (379 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The oldest such state-managed property in Virginia, it was first acquired in 1954 to help protect views of the gorge along the Maury River. The site contains stands of chestnut oak, pine-oak-heath woodland, rocky scrub communities, numerous rare plants, and a habitat for the Appalachian Jewelwing, a locally-rare damselfly. The site was dedicated as a Preserve in 2001.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Goshen Pass State Nature Preserve protectedplanet.net
  2. ^ Preserve webpage


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