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Hiking Trails on Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve as of 2021-05-19

Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve is a Шаблон:Convert Natural Area Preserve located along the Bull Run Mountains in Fauquier and Prince William counties, Virginia. Dedicated in 2002, the majority of the preserve is owned and operated by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF). It harbors a number of outstanding natural 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.[1]

While most of the preserve is prioritized for scientific and educational activities, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation keeps 800 acres of the preserve open to the public on Friday-Sunday (8am-6pm) for low-impact uses such as hiking and wildlife observation.[2] On Шаблон:Date, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation announced that the private landowner of the High Point Cliffs area on the preserve would close the cliffs to the public for an indefinite period of recovery and restoration, starting Шаблон:Date.[3][4] Шаблон:As of, the privately-owned area is still closed to the public and there are no stated plans to re-open access.

The preserve is part of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation's Bull Run Mountains Special Project Area, which encompasses Шаблон:Convert.[5]

Dogs are not allowed in the preserve.[6]

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