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Roanoke, Virginia. The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests comprise 1.8 million acres across several states, one of the largest stretches of public land in the region.
State parks of Virginia — operated by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Pages in category "State parks of Virginia" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Machicomoco State Park is a 645-acre (261 ha) state park located in Gloucester County, Virginia. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The park is home to the historic Timberneck House , built in 1793. [ 4 ] The park also contains the Virginia Indians open-air interpretive pavilion, and a number of other exhibits on native history like those of the Powhatan Confederacy .
Culpeper Battlefields State Park is a state park in Culpeper County, Virginia. The park was authorized for creation by Governor Glenn Youngkin on June 21, 2022 and officially dedicated on June 8, 2024. Many of the sites are already protected by other land preservation organizations.
The closest viewing event in Virginia's state parks to the tri-city area will be at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield. Here, the eclipse will begin at 2:01 p.m. and end at 4:29 p.m., reaching ...
Clinch River State Park is a river-based state park in Tazewell, Russell, Wise, and Scott counties in Southwest Virginia. It was dedicated by Gov. Ralph Northam on 16 June 2021 as the 41st park in the Virginia State Park system. The park preserves some of the most scenic and ecologically diverse parts of the Clinch River.
This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Virginia state park system. Virginia opened its entire state park system on 15 June 1936 as a six-park system. The six original state parks were Seashore State Park (now First Landing State Park), Westmoreland State Park, Staunton River State Park, Douthat State Park, Fairy Stone State Park, and ...
Pocahontas State Park is a state park located in Chesterfield, Virginia, United States, not far from the state capitol of Richmond. The park was laid out by the Civilian Conservation Corps along the Swift Creek, and at 7,919 acres (32.05 km 2) is Virginia's largest state park. [1] In 2015, the park welcomed 1,142,601 visitors. [2]