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The 121-acre Hawks State Forest is located in Carroll County. Virginia’s smallest state forest, the Hawks lies on the Blue Ridge Escarpment, the slope where the mountains meet the Piedmont. Conservation of forest resources is this forest’s main purpose. Turkey Creek crosses the property. Mixed upland hardwoods and cove hardwoods predominate. The stand of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) that can be seen along Route 620 features trees well over 100 feet tall and still growing.