Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve

Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Rockbridge County, Virginia
Nearest city	Goshen
Coordinates	37°56′24″N 79°26′02″W / 37.9399°N 79.434°W / 37.9399; -79.434Coordinates: 37°56′24″N 79°26′02″W / 37.9399°N 79.434°W / 37.9399; -79.434[1]
Area	936 acres (3.79 km2)
Established	2001 (2001)
Governing body	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve is a 936-acre (3.79 km²) Natural Area Preserve located in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The oldest state-managed natural area 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, regionally rare plants such as freshwater cordgrass (Spartina pectinata), and habitat for the Appalachian jewelwing, a locally rare damselfly. The site was dedicated as a preserve in 2001.^[2][3]

Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The preserve is open to the public, however as it is contiguous with the Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA), a WMA access permit is required for parking.^[2]

See also[]

• Goshen Pass
• Goshen Scout Reservation
• List of Virginia Natural Area Preserves

References[]

External links[]

• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve

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