The Cedars Natural Area Preserve

LOCALITY	OWNER	ACRES	ACCESS	NEWS
Lee	DCR	1797	By Arrangement with Steward	Latest News

Alphabetical Listing of Virginia State Natural Area Preserves: Antioch Pines Bethel Beach - Public Access Big Spring Bog Blackwater Ecological Preserve Blackwater Sandhills Buffalo Mountain - Public Access Bull Run Mountains - Public Access Bush Mill Stream - Public Access Camp Branch Wetlands Cape Charles - Public Access Cherry Orchard Bog Chestnut Creek Wetlands Chestnut Ridge Chotank Creek Chub Sandhill - Public Access Cleveland Barrens Clover Hollow Cowbane Prairie Crawford's Knob Crow's Nest - Public Access Cumberland Marsh - Public Access Cypress Bridge Dameron Marsh - Public Access Deep Run Ponds Dendron Swamp Difficult Creek Dundas Granite Flatrock Elklick Woodlands False Cape Fletcher Ford Folly Mills Creek Fen Goshen Pass - Public Access Grafton Ponds Grassy Hill - Public Access Grayson Glades Hickory Hollow - Public Access Hughlett Point - Public Access Johnsons Creek Magothy Bay - Public Access Marks and Jacks Island Mill Creek Springs Mount Joy Pond Mutton Hunk Fen - Public Access Naked Mountain New Point Comfort - Public Access North Landing River - Public Access Northwest River Ogdens Cave Parkers Marsh Parramore Island Pedlar Hills Glades Pickett's Harbor Pinnacle - Public Access Poor Mountain - Public Access Redrock Mountain Savage Neck Dunes - Public Access South Quay Sandhills Sweet Springs The Cedars The Channels - Public Access Unthanks Cave Wreck Island

SITE DESCRIPTION:

The Cedars Natural Area Preserve supports an exceptional natural community of rocky, dry, limestone glades and woodlands located in southwest Virginia. The preserve lies within a significant karst region known as The Cedars, which covers 30 to 40 square miles in Lee County near the Powell River. The characteristic feature of the landscape here is "karst", where thin soils develop over easily-dissolved limestone bedrock, creating terrain that tends to be rolling, rocky, rugged, and full of sinkholes, caves, and sinking streams. The preserve is a haven for rare plants which are adapted to the mostly thin, nutrient-poor soils of the area.

VISITATION:
This preserve has no public access facilities.

Part or all of the preserve may be periodically closed for resource protection or prescribed burning activities.

CONTACT:
Stephen Grayson, Southwest Region Steward
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Division of Natural Heritage
Duffield, VA
(276) 940-1643 or Wil Orndorff, Cave/Karst Stewardship Specialist, (540) 553-1235