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The site was called "New" Camp Powhatan to distinguish it from the council's original camp, "Old" Camp Powhatan. The other base camp, Camp Ottari, was opened in the summer of 1962. After occupying a site leased by the Appalachian Power Company for over 10 years, the Claytor Lake Aquatics Base was established in the summer of 2008. [citation needed]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Map of the Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley in autumn A poultry farm with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background A farm in the fertile Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley (/ ˌ ʃ ɛ n ə n ˈ d oʊ ə /) is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.
April 10, 2007. Designated VLR. June 8, 2006 [ 3] Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is home to the mysterious "fairy stones", or staurolite. The stone, prevalent in the region, may have the St. Andrew's or Roman shape. [ 4][ 5]
Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve. / 37.2362°N 80.0917°W / 37.2362; -80.0917. Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 1,404-acre (568 ha) Natural Area Preserve located on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia. The preserve protects the world's largest population of piratebush ( Buckleya distichophylla ), a globally rare ...
During a 104-year period from 1626 to 1730, [ 1] there are documented Virginia Witch Trials, hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial Virginia. [ 2][ 3] More than two dozen people are documented having been accused, including two men. Virginia was the first colony to have a formal accusation of witchcraft in 1626 ...
1170 Staunton Trail, Scottsburg, VA 24589. Coordinates. 36°41′45.8″N 78°41′7″W. / 36.696056°N 78.68528°W / 36.696056; -78.68528. Area. 2,336 acres (945 ha) Governing body. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Staunton River State Park is a state park in Virginia.
September 18, 2008 [ 3] Bear Creek Lake State Park is a 326-acre (132 ha) state park located in Cumberland, Virginia, United States. It is a recreational and camping facility that surrounds an artificial 40-acre (16 ha) lake situated in the 16,000-acre (6,500 ha) Cumberland State Forest. As of 2013, the yearly visitation was 78,288.