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In 2005, Virginia bought 431 waterfront acres for a future state park; 21 years later, the undeveloped land has been folded into another park with a 30-year plan

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A 431-acre stretch of waterfront land in Gloucester County, Virginia, bought more than two decades ago to become a standalone state park, has officially been added to nearby Machicomoco State Park under a newly approved 30-year master plan. The state bought the undeveloped property in 2005 for what was then planned as Middle Peninsula State Park. Located next to the historic Rosewell ruins, the land will now become Machicomoco’s "Western Unit". The change was formally approved in a master plan by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in February 2026, according to the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal. Despite the new plan, the land remains behind locked gates, with no public access and no fixed date for development. The entire master plan also faces a major challenge: no funding has been allocated for the work.

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