Nature reserves in Virginia
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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204 nature reserves are published in Virginia. The list below holds the 155 best-documented.
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve
- Fairy Stone State Park
- Pettigrew Wildlife Managment Area
- Algonkian Regional Park
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve
- Johnsons Creek State Natural Area Preserve
- Niday Place State Forest
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve
- Wakefield Park
- Morven Park
- Mason District Park
- Daniels Run Park
- Rust Nature Sanctuary
- Northwest River Park
- Big Woods State Forest
- Falmouth Beach Park
- Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Locust Shade Park
- Prince William Forest Park
- Mount Vernon District Park
- Alum Springs Park
- Turkey Run Park
- Kiptopeke State Park
- Bells Bird Sanctuary Park
- Banister River Wildlife Management Area
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary
- Powhatan State Park
- Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
- Brentsville Park
- Bear Creek Lake State Park
- Breaks Interstate Park
- Fairfax Villa Park
- Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
- James River National Wildlife Refuge
- Langley Oaks Park
- Donaldson Run Park
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area
- Former Rock Church Parcel
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
- NRCS Conservation Easement
- Scheier Natural Area
- Guard Shore
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park
- Chapel Road Park
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve
- Cannon Branch Park
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks
- R. Randolph Buckley "8-Acre" Park
- Clifton Creek Trail Park
- Hardware River
- Featherfin
- Brushy Hills Preserve
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve
- Mathews County Land Conservancy
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing
- Horsepen Lake
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park
- Pipsico Reservation
- Greentree Village Park
- Hunter Village Park
- Wakefield Park
- Wahrani Nature Trail
- Powell's Landing Park
- Rippon Lodge Historic Site
- WBWF Preserve
- Mountain Road District Park
- Lake Robertson
- Claytor Nature Center
- Clinch Mountain WMA
- Ivy Creek Natural Area
- Featherfin
- Mathews County Land Conservancy
- Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park
- Greenwood Farms Park
- NRCS Conservation Easement
- WBWF Preserve
- Appalachian Trail Corridor
- Charlotte State Forest
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap
- Featherfin
- Cavalier
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
- PATC Entry Run Tract
- Cumberland State Forest
- Fraser Preserve
- Arlington Outdoor Lab
- Stone Crossing Park
- High Knob Recreation Area
- Moody Conservation Area
- Kohls Island Reserve
- Mole Hill Acres
- Vernon Heights Park
- Oakley Forest Wildlife Management Area
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve
- Brentsville Historic District
- Van Clief Natural Area
- Blackwater Sandhills Natural Area Preserve
- Blooms Park
- Doves Landing Park
- Whitney State Forest
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary
- Charlotte State Forest
- Hardware River
- Read Mountain Preserve
- Cumberland State Forest
- Round Tree Park
- Clinch Mountain WMA
- Belle Haven Park
- Heart of Virginia Scout Reservation
- Hickory Hollow State Natural Area Preserve
- Amelia Wildlife Management Area
- Ballston Wetland Park
- Fortune's Cove Preserve
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area
- Bush Mill Stream Natural Area Preserve
- Alexander Memorial Sanctuary
- Blue Ridge Regional Park
- Crooked Creek
- Hayfields State Park
- Clinch Mountain WMA
- Motts Run Reservoir Recreation Area
- Havens Wildlife Management Area
- Amelia
- Game Farm Marsh
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve
- Red Bud Run
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy)
- Grandview Natural Preserve
- Webb Nature Sanctuary
- Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve
- James River at Wingina
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve
- Kohls Island Reserve
- Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve
- Mockhorn
- Old Soudan Wildlife Management Area
- Ashgrove Historic Site Park
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Clinch Mountain WMA
- Clinch Mountain WMA
- Franklin Woods Park
- Winkler Botanical Preserve
- Kittewan
- Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area
- Cavalier State Wildlife Management Area
- Occoquan Regional Park
- Turkeycock Run Stream Valley Park
- Clinch Mountian
- Oak Hill Park