Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve

Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve

Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve is a Natural Area Preserve located in Fauquier and Prince William Counties, Virginia. Dedicated in 2002, it is owned by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and harbors a number of outstanding community types, some of which are rare in the Commonwealth. There are also quartzite cliffs and boulder fields around High Point Mountain within the preserve's boundaries.

Reference

* [http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/natural_area_preserves/bullrun.shtml Preserve webpage]


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