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Naked Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 356-acre (1.44 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located in Nelson County, Virginia.The preserve was dedicated in 2006. [2]It was created to protect an uncommon growth of shooting-stars (Dodecatheon meadia) and a small population of the globally rare Torrey's mountain mint (Pycnanthemum torreyi), which occupy rocky clearings on otherwise forested slopes.
The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, centered on the Cumberland Gap, a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains. The park lies in parts of Bell and Harlan counties in Kentucky, Claiborne County in Tennessee, and Lee County in
Located on part of the Pine Mountain ridge in the Appalachians, the park opened in 1924 as Kentucky's first state park. Each spring since 1933, the park has hosted the annual Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival. [1] [2] A portion of the park is legally dedicated as a nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.
Entrance to the trails is free, but people must have a car permit between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. if parked on Kentucky Route 15, the Indian Creek area north of KY 15 or the Gorge. Map: Download this ...
The total of 112,000 acres in these programs is only 0.44% of Kentucky's 25 million acres. Statewide Nature Preserve / Natural Area List: Abbey of Gethsemane Registered Natural Area [4] Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve; Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve; Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves; Beargrass Creek State Nature ...
The park also features a 15-acre (6.1 ha) nature preserve containing a cedar glade, managed by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.This glade was previously maintained as an open area by the large numbers of herbivores, such as bison, elk, and woolly mammoths who frequented the area.
The natural sandstone arch spans 78 ft (24 m) and is 65 ft (20 m) high. The natural process of weathering formed the arch over millions of years. The park is approximately 2,300 acres (9 km 2), of which around 1,200 acres (5 km 2) is dedicated by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves as a nature preserve.
The half-mile Natural Bridge Trail passes beneath a third natural bridge, the only one in Kentucky that is paved and supports traffic. Longer trails include the 7.2-mile (11.6 km) Carter Caves Cross Country Trail (The 4Cs Trail) and the ten-mile (16 km) Kiser Hollow multi-access trail, which parallels the 4Cs trail for a couple of miles before ...