Area 121 ha | Phone +1 757-787-5989 | |
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Location Northampton County, Virginia Governing body Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Address Savage Neck Rd, Cape Charles, VA 23310, USA Similar Mutton Hunk Fen Natural A, Wreck Island Natural A, Hickory Hollow Natural A, Tabb Monument, Dameron Marsh Natural A | ||
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve is a 298-acre (121 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Northampton County, Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay. Fifty-foot-tall (15 m) dunes within the preserve are among the highest points on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The preserve contains beach, dune, and maritime forest natural communities of various sorts, as well as habitat for migratory songbirds and northeastern beach tiger beetles. Regionally rare plants at the preserve include Engelmann's umbrella-sedge (Cyperus engelmannii), dwarf burhead (Echinodorus tenellus), and southern bladderwort (Utricularia juncea).
The preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and is open to the public. Improvements at the site include three trails that have been marked off for hiking, and there is a small public parking area near the entrance.