Nature

NRCA Overview: Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park is located in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and has a rich history, including as the location of a Civil War battle that helped bring an end to the war. A recent Natural Resource Condition Assessment evaluated five resources at the park: visual resources (or scenic views), night sky, soundscape, woodlands, and meadows.

Underground and surface forces, acting over many millions of years, created the Shenandoah Valley and its surrounding hills and ridges. These long, slow processes continue today as the Valley region gradually weathers, erodes, levels, and deposits soil.

The entire Shenandoah River drainage system covers hundreds of square miles and includes many feeder streams, like Cedar Creek, that send water to the Shenandoah.