Enjoy Spring Break at Sky Meadows State Park!

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Want an easy way to disperse plants in your yard?

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Take part in the old tradition of fish printing.

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Grab a wildlife scavenger hunt from the visitor center and discover a new way to explore.

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Pine, poplar, oak, holly, who can tell? Practice your tree identification skills by getting leaf and bark rubbings from some of our common trees in the park.

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Explore the Chesapeake Bay Lab in order to discover creatures that inhabit the bay, what makes a watershed, why the Bay is so important and so much more!

How healthy is our soil?

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Eggs are popping up all over Sky Meadows State Park!

Read a tale as you walk the trail. Begin at the visitor center to find out which trail will have the story and then begin your exploration and storytime at your own pace.

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Be sure to stop by the Visitor Center, which houses both the Nature Center and the Discovery Center, where you can grab a map and fill up on water, snacks, and souvenirs before you hit the trails.

Join us at Belle Isle State Park Visitor Center, Virginia, North America, Earth for a watch party of the Great North American Eclipse, with the moon covering 82% of our sun's view from our vantage point.

Come and view the partial eclipse at Widewater State Park!

Come honor and celebrate the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Virginia State Parks. Create your own pennant flag, then wonder on over to the CCC Museum to see how yours compares to the pennants of the 1930s.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Read a tale as you walk the trail. Begin at the visitor center to find out which trail will have the story and then begin your exploration and storytime at your own pace.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Tree Planting- 8am - 11 am Join us in giving back to the Earth.

Celebrate Earth Day 2024 at False Cape State Park all week long by supporting healthy and happy beaches.

Are you looking to do some good for the Chesapeake Bay watershed and our planet this weekend before Earth Day?

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stop by the Visitor Center and pick up a scavenger hunt card.

We will be celebrating Earth Day with a fair behind our Visitor Center. See what you can do to make this world a better place for everyone.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Let’s show off how amazing our parks can be for wildlife this spring!

This Earth Week, come participate in the inaugural Southwest VA State Parks Nature Challenge!

This Earth Week, come participate in the inaugural Southwest VA State Parks Nature Challenge!

Contribute to citizen science and show pride in your park by documenting all the flora and fauna species from April 21st - 27th.

Read a tale as you walk the trail. Begin at the visitor center to find out which trail will have the story and then begin your exploration and storytime at your own pace.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

We need your help.

Hungry Mother is pleased to join with the Nature Conservancy of Southwest Virginia to encourage our guests to participate in the City Nature Challenge.

Join us for Mason Neck State Park's Earth Day Celebration, where community unity meets nature's beauty!

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Read a tale as you walk the trail. Begin at the visitor center to find out which trail will have the story and then begin your exploration and storytime at your own pace.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

We need your help.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

How healthy is our soil?

Do you have what it takes to be a wildlife detective?  Get ready for a guided mission!

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Looking for that perfect selfie spot?

Do you have what it takes to be a wildlife detective?  Get ready for a guided mission!

We need your help.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

It’s Mothers Day, and our trails are full of mother animals taking care of young.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

It’s Mothers Day, and our trails are full of mother animals taking care of young.

We need your help.

Come out and explore nature using tools like the park rangers use to investigate the park's wildlife in this self-guided adventure. Use your current outdoor skills and develop some new ones too as you learn to use binoculars, a magnifying glass, butterfly nets, and a compass to discover our park in a brand new way!

Embark on an aquatic adventure "going up the food chain" through educational explorations and outdoor games.

Stop by the nature booth to borrow a Family Learning Adventures adventure pack for the day.

National Kids to Parks Day was created to encourage kids and their families to visit one of America's national, state or local parks and promote environmental stewardship and healthy outdoor activity.  10:00 am  Connect with Nature on a mini adventure to explore the Nature Play Area.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Come out and explore nature using tools like the park rangers use to investigate the park's wildlife in this self-guided adventure. Use your current outdoor skills and develop some new ones too as you learn to use binoculars, a magnifying glass, butterfly nets, and a compass to discover our park in a brand new way!

Kids’ Activity Book: This free book contains activities for the young (or young at heart).

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) developed patches that were used by the enrollees as a means to identify others of their duties.

We need your help.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

'Family Learning Adventures,' formally known as 'Arks for Parks,' is back this year at Twin Lakes State Park.

Become a steward of nature while building your local community and connecting with the people near you that share a passion for the outdoors. Meet with rangers at the Mason Neck State Park Visitor Center for a short conservation and to get supplies to clean up the trash that washes onto the shoreline or is left and scattered along the trails and recreational areas.  Please bring water, dress for the weather, and expect to get wet and a little dirty.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

We need your help.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

June is a beautiful month to get outdoors and enjoy some trails at Staunton River State Park.

Did you know Twin Lakes State Park is in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

Come out for a hike or a paddle and help clean the watershed by removing trash from trails or the river bank.

Did you know that 18 million people live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed?

Stop by the nature booth to borrow a Family Learning Adventures adventure pack for the day.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Come create your own fire starter for your next camping adventure.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

We need your help.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

'Family Learning Adventures,' formally known as 'Arks for Parks,' is back this year at Twin Lakes State Park.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Find your muse at Caledon as you draw, paint, or photograph the world around you. Join the Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts at Caledon State Park for a truly unique artistic experience. A wagon ride will transport you to various scenic woods and beach locations throughout the park as you breathe art into the forest.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

We need your help.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Stop by and investigate the variety of flora and fauna found around Smith Mountain Lake.

Overlooking the New River, the Shot Tower was built in the 1800s to make ammunition for the firearms of the early settlers.

Join Twin Lakes State Park during our celebration of Virginia State Park History and Culture Day.

Experience life in the early 19th century with live music, blacksmiths, cooking, period camp, boats, and much more. This event will focus on two important parts of history from this area that had a profound influence on transportation and music in America: “batteaux and banjos.” See what it was like to live in the middle of the 19th century.

Visit the park’s discovery center (formerly known as The Spot, the interior portion of the concession stand) to check out the park’s new display celebrating its civil rights history.

How did Pocahontas State Park come to be? What are the "Original 6" State Parks?