It is a maxim of preservation that “If you want to preserve something, first you have to find it.”  

This simple truth informs Scenic Virginia's work to create — and share — the powerful Treasured Views program to Identify, Assess, Map, Document and Register Virginia’s scenic resources.  We achieve our mission through education, advocacy and engagement of our Commonwealth’s scenic assets.

What Scenic Virginia has developed is a unique and repeatable process, now recognized as a national model, that can be used to evaluate different viewshed types in different settings, natural and cultural.  Uniquely too, Scenic Virginia's proven science-based process incorporates both scenic elements and community values.

Scenic Virginia's program and process extends beyond experts and consultants, taking the tools and training, as a service to communities and organizations, as active partners so that, by working together, their Treasured Views can be assessed and inventoried.

The development of a statewide register of outstandingly significant scenic views is an important aspect of the program and in 2025 we will be adding five new views to the Register!

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