| Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve | |
| Iucn Category: | V |
| Map: | USA Virginia |
| Location: | Rockbridge County, Virginia |
| Nearest City: | Goshen |
| Coordinates: | 37.9399°N -79.434°W |
| Coords Ref: | [1] |
| Area: | 936acres |
| Governing Body: | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |
Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve is a 936acres 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.[2] [3]
Goshen Pass Natural Area Preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The preserve is open to the public; however, as it is contiguous with the Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA), a WMA access permit is required for parking.[2]