Big Spring Bog Natural Area Preserve

{{Short description|Nature preserve in Virginia, US}}

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| location = Grayson County, Virginia

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Big Spring Bog Natural Area Preserve is a {{convert|50|acre|adj=on}} Natural Area Preserve located in Grayson County, Virginia. The terrain is hilly, and within its borders is Chestnut Creek, a tributary of the New River. The preserve features a rare wetland known as a "cranberry glade".{{cite web |url=http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-area-preserves/bigspring |title=Big Spring Bog Natural Area Preserve |publisher=Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |access-date=December 13, 2016}}

The preserve is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and is open to public visitation only through prior arrangement with a state-employed land steward.

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