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Explore Park is a 1,100-acre (450 ha) passive recreation facility operated by the Roanoke County Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. The park is located at milepost 115 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Roanoke County, Virginia, with 700 acres (280 ha) of the park lying in Roanoke County and 400 acres (160 ha) in adjacent Bedford County. [1]
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is a 12,700-acre (51 km 2) city park in Botetourt and Roanoke counties, Virginia.Managed by the Western Virginia Water Authority and the City of Roanoke, it is the fifth-largest city park in the United States, and the second-largest city park managed by a municipality. [1]
Occoneechee State Park is a state park near Clarksville, Virginia, located along Buggs Island Lake.Occoneechee State Park is 2,698 acres in size. Its name reflects the Occaneechi Indians, who lived on (and traded from) an island in the Roanoke River near its confluence with the Dan River, which was flooded by the creation of the Kerr Lake reservoir in 1952.
There are 60 parks within Roanoke's city limits, and its parks and recreation department is responsible for nearly 14,000 acres of public land. [197] Highland Park in the historic Old Southwest neighborhood is the city's oldest, having been purchased in 1902 when the former farm was still distant from the settled part of the city.
Pages in category "Parks in Roanoke County, Virginia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Virginia Beach: 3,844 acres (15.56 km 2) 1968 Open First Landing State Park: Virginia Beach: 2,888 acres (11.69 km 2) 1936 Open Originally Seashore State Park [1] Grayson Highlands State Park: Mouth of Wilson: 4,502 acres (18.22 km 2) 1965 Open High Bridge Trail State Park: Farmville: 1,236 acres (5.00 km 2) 2006 Open Holliday Lake State Park
Location of Roanoke in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Roanoke, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Staunton River State Park is a state park in Virginia. One of the Commonwealth's original state parks, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and opening in 1936, it is located along the Staunton River near Scottsburg, Virginia. It is an International Dark Sky Park. [1]