Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve

Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve
Location Rockbridge County, Virginia
Nearest city Goshen, Virginia
Coordinates 37°56′24″N 79°26′02″W / 37.9399°N 79.434°W / 37.9399; -79.434[1]Coordinates: 37°56′24″N 79°26′02″W / 37.9399°N 79.434°W / 37.9399; -79.434[2]
Area 936 acres (379 ha)
Established 2001
Governing body Virginia 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.[3]

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