Just for perspective, there are state and national parks throughout the long
Appalachian mountain range.
All were acquired by eminent domain laws. Here are some of them by state
from south to north:
 
GA: Talladega National Forest, Chahutta National Forest, Chattahoochee
National Forest 
 
SC: Jocassee Gorge Management Area, Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area
 
NC: Cherokee National Forest, Great Smokey Mountains National Park
 
VA: Jefferson National Forest, George Washington National Forest, Highlands
Wildlife Management Area, Shenandoah National Park, Rapidan Wildlife
Management Area, Sky Meadows State Park, Thompson State Wildlife Management
Area
 
WV: Monongahela National Forest, Canaan  Valley National Wildlife Refuge,
Kumbrabow State Forest, Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Spruce
Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, 
 
MD: Sugarloaf Mountain National Park, Frederick State Park, Garrett State
Forest, State Mountain State Park, Cunningham Falls State Park, Michaux
State Forest, Potomac State Forest, Savage River State Forest, Green Ridge
State Forest, Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area
 
PA: Michaux State Forest, Tuscarora State Forest, Tumbling Run Game Preserve
and multiple other game preserves, Rothrock State Forest, Bald Eagle State
Forest, Allegheny National Forest, Mohannon State Forest, Elk State Forest,
Sproul State Forest, Quehanna Wildlife Preserve, Susquehannock State Forest,
Tiadaghton State Forest, Tioga State Forest, Loyalsock State Forest,
multiple game lands
 
NY: Adirondack National Park, Cherry Ridge Wild Forest, Big Indian
Wilderness, Willowemoc Wild Forest, Balsam Lake Wild Forest, Phoenicia Wild
Forest, Bearpen Mountain State Forest, Platteskill State Forest, Catskill
Park, Huntersfield State Forest, Manorkill State Forest, Bates State Forest,
High Knob State Forest, Lenard Hill State Forest, Scott Patent State Forest,
Dutton Ridge State Forest, Burnt Rossman State Forest, Mallet Pond State
Forest, Petersburg Pass State Forest, Lincoln Mountain State Park, Lake
Desolation State Park, Shaker Mountain Park, Blue Mountain Park, Blue Ridge
Park, many states parks are simply named for a mountain, 
 
VT: Green Mountain National Forest, Coolidge State Forest, Groton State
Forest, Putnam State Forest, Mt Mansfield State Forest
 
NH: White Mountain National Forest, Nash Stream State Forest, The Kingdom
State Forest, Victory State Forest, Mt Kearsarge State Forest
 
MA: Mahoosuc Public Reserve, Bigelow Preserve, Appalachian Mountain
Wilderness Conservation Area, Nahmakanta Public Reserve
 
These are all in the Appalachian mountain area. I did not include the many
state parks around lakes.
 
Use Google maps to find "Shenandoah Park" then scroll up and down the
Appalachian range.
 
William
www.milaminvirginia.com
 

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