Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve

Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is a 254-acre (1.03 km2) Natural Area Preserve located in Lancaster County, Virginia. The preserve's mixed pine-hardwood forests, ravines, and swampland form a habitat for various songbirds, wild turkeys, and a rare species of plant. The swamp is an example of a globally rare natural community known as a "coastal plain basic seepage swamp", and supports a high level of biological diversity.

Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve
Location within Virginia
LocationLancaster County, Virginia
Nearest cityLancaster
Coordinates37°46′34″N 76°26′59″W
Area254 acres (1.03 km2)
EstablishedJuly 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)
OwnerNorthern Neck Audubon Society

Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is owned by the Northern Neck Audubon Society, who purchased the land from Lancaster County in 1999. It was dedicated as a Natural Area Preserve on July 12, 2000.

The preserve is open to the public, and contains a parking area and hiking trails.

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