Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Augusta County, Virginia, 24430, United States
category: leisure — type: nature reserve — OSM: relation 227543

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Goshen Pass (Q5587275)
item type: mountain pass
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Goshen Pass is a water gap, or gorge, in the Little North Mountain, formed by the passage of the Maury River, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia. State Route 39 traverses the pass along the banks of the Maury River.

Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area (Q5587295)
item type: wildlife management area of Virginia
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area is a protected area located in Rockbridge and Augusta counties, Virginia. At 33,697 acres (136.37 km2), it is the largest Wildlife Management Area managed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The area comprises two parcels of land bisected by the Maury River; the lowest terrain is 1,326 feet (404 m) above sea level, while the highest is 3,400 feet (1,000 m). Three major mountains (Bratton, Forge, and Hogback) are found within the heavily forested area, in addition to a lesser amount of native herbaceous habitat.

Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve (Q14712381)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve is a 936-acre (3.79 km2) Natural Area Preserve located in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The oldest state-managed natural area in Virginia, it was first acquired in 1954 to help protect views of the gorge along the Maury River. The site contains stands of chestnut oak, pine-oak-heath woodland, rocky scrub communities, regionally rare plants such as freshwater cordgrass (Spartina pectinata), and habitat for the Appalachian jewelwing, a locally rare damselfly. The site was dedicated as a preserve in 2001.