Governing body The Nature Conservancy Phone +1 757-442-3049 | Area 161.9 km² Designated as world heritage site 1979 | |
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Location Virginia's Atlantic coast Address 11332 Brownsville Rd, Nassawadox, VA 23413, USA Hours Closed now Monday7AM–7PMTuesday7AM–7PMWednesday7AM–7PMThursday7AM–7PMFriday7AM–7PMSaturday7AM–7PMSunday7AM–7PMSuggest an edit | ||
Welcome to the virginia coast reserve
The Virginia Coast Reserve is a biosphere reserve created by The Nature Conservancy in the early 1970s. It consists of 14 of the Virginia Barrier Islands along the Atlantic coast of the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Parramore Island, Hog Island, Virginia, Smith Island, Virginia, Assawoman Island, and Metompkin Island. These barrier islands play an important role in sheltering the mainland portions of the Eastern Shore of Virginia from the impact of coastal storms and are important for breeding and migrating beach nesting and colonial waterbirds, including piping plovers. It also serves as the research location for the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER) project.
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The reserve was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service in 1979.