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Area. 3,115 acres (12.61 km 2) Established. 2009. ( 2009) Owner. Stafford County. Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve is a large wilderness area located on the southern border of Stafford County, Virginia, United States, between Potomac Creek and Accokeek Creek. The greater portion of the Crow's Nest Peninsula is approximately 3,800 acres (15 km ...
Designated CP. May 16, 2002. Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [ 2] Kenmore, also known as Kenmore Plantation, is a plantation house at 1201 Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Built in the 1770s, it was the home of Fielding and Elizabeth Washington Lewis and is the only surviving structure from the 1,300-acre (530 ha) Kenmore ...
Bacon's Castle. 37°06′32″N 76°43′20″W. / 37.1088°N 76.7222°W / 37.1088; -76.7222 ( Bacon's Castle) Surry. One of the oldest brick buildings in Virginia. 4. Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery. Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery. More images.
The Virginia Natural Area Preserve System is a system of protected areas in the state of Virginia. It is managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation . As of 2024, there are sixty-six (66) dedicated preserves in Virginia totaling 61,153 acres (247.48 km 2 ). These preserves contain examples of some of the rarest natural ...
Smithsonian Institution Naturalist Center, Leesburg, closed in 2011 [67] Statlers Museum, Staunton, museum of the Statler Brothers, closed in 2002 [68] United States Geological Survey Visitors Center, Reston [69] United States National Slavery Museum. Virginia's Explore Park.
October 15, 1966. Designated VLR. January 16, 1973 [4] Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and elsewhere in Spotsylvania County, commemorating four major battles in the American Civil War: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania .
Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve is a Natural Area Preserve located in Giles County, Virginia. A 821-acre (332 ha) tract of old-growth forest, it is dominated by northern red oak and chestnut oak. The extent of unbroken forest on the property is unusual for southwestern Virginia; many of the trees, including cucumber magnolia and American ...
Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve. / 36.7542°N 78.7343°W / 36.7542; -78.7343. Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve is an 819-acre (3.31 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located in Halifax County, Virginia. The preserve aims to restore a portion of Virginia's southern Piedmont to pre-settlement conditions, when the region was dominated ...