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The Mountain Lake Conservancy (formerly known as 'Wilderness Conservancy at Mountain Lake') is a non-profit organization founded to help manage and protect the 2,600 acres (11 km 2) of Mountain Lake property around Mountain Lake Hotel, and to provide environmental and cultural education for the public. Since 2008, the Conservancy has begun to ...
Beaver Dam, Maryland, a now "flooded marble quarry in Cockeysville, Maryland, that has been used as a swimming location since the 1930s. Source of dolomitic marble known specifically as Cockeysville Marble for the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. and many other purposes in the eastern U.S. Greenspring Quarry, now a lake, Pikesville, Maryland
English: Location map of Virginia, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 40.2° N; ... Mountain Lake (Virginia) Naval Weapons Station Yorktown; Newport News, Virginia;
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
Smith Mountain Lake State Park is a 1,148-acre (4.65 km 2) state park along the shores of Smith Mountain Lake in Bedford County, Virginia near Huddleston.Primarily a recreational area, it offers water-related activities (with a swimming area, occasional boat tours as well as rental boats, kayaks and tubes) as well as camping, picnicking, and hiking facilities. [1]
Mountain Lake Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The wilderness area is located next to privately owned Mountain Lake , [ 3 ] and consists of 8,314 acres (3,365 ha) in Virginia and 2,721 acres (1,101 ha) in West Virginia .
Primarily protects tidal marshland on Virginia's eastern shore. Short Hills: Rockbridge, Botetourt: 4,232 acres (17.13 km 2) Includes examples of karst topography. Smith Mountain Cooperative: Bedford, Pittsylvania: 4,996 acres (20.22 km 2) Smith Mountain Lake: Owned by Appalachian Power and managed by VDWR. [9] Stewarts Creek: Carroll: 1,138 ...
This is a list of lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs. [ 1 ] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.