Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve

Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve
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Location	Northampton County, Virginia
Coordinates	37°15′17″N 76°1′10″W / 37.25472°N 76.01944°W / 37.25472; -76.01944Coordinates: 37°15′17″N 76°1′10″W / 37.25472°N 76.01944°W / 37.25472; -76.01944
Area	29 acres (12 ha)
Governing body	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve is a 29-acre (12 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Northampton County, Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay side of Virginia's Eastern Shore. The small preserve protects coastal beach, dune, and maritime forest habitat, preserving a home for the northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis), listed as threatened in the United States. Coast bedstraw (Galium hispidulum) grows on the dunes. The preserve serves as a staging area for southward-bound migratory birds in the fall.^[1]

Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and is open to public. Public access is limited to a boardwalk that facilitates viewing the preserve; access to the beach is allowed only for research and management purposes.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Virginia Natural Area Preserves

References[]

External links[]

• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve

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