Manassas National Battlefield Park - Nature and Science

Manassas National Battlefield Park by National Parks Service

Manassas National Battlefield Park, established in 1940, preserves the sites of the First and Second Battles of Manassas. These important battlegrounds and associated monuments are nestled in over 5000 acres of meadows, woodlands and streams. The Resource Management division oversees these historic lands for their important contribution to local and regional biodiversity. The purpose of this webpage is to educate visitors to the various species and natural resources that occur here.

The park has recently been selected as an Audubon Important Bird Area. Selection was based on the Park's quality grasslands and numerous bird species (54 confirmed breeders) that occur here. For more information: www.audubon.org

The park is also now listed as a stop under Virginia's Birding and Wildlife trail, a program managed by the Virginia Department of game and Inland Fisheries. For more information on this program;

www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/vbwt

Species lists can be found under the Natural Resource Management Documents section of this web page. To date we have documented 168 bird, 26 mammal, 23 reptile and 19 amphibian species within the park.

Fishing is permitted in the park ponds.

Natural Resource Education and Interpretation Programs are now available in the park, contact the visitor center for more information.