Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

We don't always see animals, but we know they're there.

Try your hand at net making and learn more about the Indigenous people that once used the park as seasonal fishing grounds.

How did a railroad give hope to a community and how does the creation of a park continue to offer that hope?

Happy National Family Literacy Month.

Paleo art is any art depicting prehistoric life on earth based on the evidence we have.

We don't always see animals, but we know they're there.

Join Pocahontas State Park staff and volunteers in creating seasonal cheer.

Craft a keepsake for the upcoming holiday season.

Join Pocahontas State Park staff and volunteers in creating seasonal cheer.

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

Discover how the Pocahontas State Park you've grown to know and love got its start as you travel back to the late 1930's to learn what was happening in Chesterfield County and the rest of the nation.

Use your phone or provided GPS units and join a ranger to learn what multi-billion-dollar technology and plastic containers have in common, as you and the whole family go on a thrilling treasure hunt along Muddy Buddy Trail.

Join Pocahontas State Park staff and volunteers in creating seasonal cheer.

Craft a keepsake for the upcoming holiday season.

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

Take a closer look at your surroundings in our monthly nature journaling classes.

Citizens of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe are sharing their practice of pine needle basketry in this hands-on workshop.

Join a ranger-led hike to catch glimpses of the full moon.

Craft a keepsake for the upcoming holiday season.

Calling all homeschoolers to join the rangers at Pocahontas State Park for monthly programs on the third Monday of the month.

Calling all homeschoolers to join the rangers at Pocahontas State Park for monthly programs on the third Monday of the month.

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

Make the most of the shortest day of the year and ring in the winter season with a series of ranger-led hikes.

Make the most of the shortest day of the year and ring in the winter season with a series of ranger-led hikes.

Step into a world where science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) converge with the magic of winter at our snow-themed STEAM event.

Make the most of the shortest day of the year and ring in the winter season with a series of ranger-led hikes.

Make the most of the shortest day of the year and ring in the winter season with a series of ranger-led hikes.

Craft a keepsake for the upcoming holiday season.

Look back on the year and plan for the next on this hike around Big Poplar Trail.

Winter will be here before you know it, so join us to discover more about Hibernation, Adaptations, and Migrations or, what animals do to survive the colder, winter months.

Did you know Virginia used to be underwater?

Craft a keepsake for the upcoming holiday season.

Forgo the fireworks and crowded festivities and accompany a ranger on this guided hike through the quiet woods with the moon and stars lighting the way.

Greet the sun along Beaver Lake trail to start the new year off right.

We are looking forward to starting off 2024 on the right foot with our series of First Day Hikes: December 31, 2024 New Year's Eve Night Hike (11 p.m. - 1 a.m.): Hike in the new year.

While jumping into the new year, join some guided hikes or take in the beauty of nature on your own.

Our Little Tyke Hike, designed for families with children ages 6 and under (but suitable for all ages), is perfect for letting your little one(s) discover the park and the natural world in their own special way and at their own pace.

What can we see, hear, smell, and possibly touch?

This ranger-led hike, designed for friends, families, and well-behaved pets on leashes, will bring you on all or portions of Co-op, Hawkins, and Forest Exploration Trails.

Learn how to incorporate technology into your next hike and get to know some of the park's native flora and fauna along Big Poplar trail. Before you begin, visit the following websites and download your preferred app(s): Seek by iNaturalist Merlin Bird ID PictureThis-Plant ID app Avenza Park Map Fifth Star Labs-Constellations iNaturalist PocketMacros Call 804-796-4474 or email Rebecca.Whalen@dcr.virginia.gov for more information.

End your First Day on a hike to see one of the "crown jewels" within the park.