Virginia [SEP] located next to body of water
and Washington, D.C. to the north and east; by the Atlantic Ocean to the east; by North Carolina to the south; by Tennessee to the southwest; by Kentucky to the west; and by West Virginia to the north and west. Virginia's boundary with Maryland and Washington, D.C. extends to the low-water mark of the south shore of the Potomac River. The southern border is defined as the 36° 30′ parallel north, though surveyor error led to deviations of as much as three arcminutes. The
included in the Wilderness Cluster are:
- Mountain Lake Wilderness
- Peters Mountain Wilderness
- Hickory Flats
- Mottesheard
- Cascades (Conservation Area)
Location and access.
The Mountain lake Wilderness Cluster is located in southwestern Virginia, near Pembroke Virginia. The heart of the area is Mountain Lake, the only natural body of water in western Virginia.
The original route to Mountain Lake was a turnpike completed in 1859 that followed the present Va 700 to the lake. The turnpike continued past the lake