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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 ...
The Quiyoughcohannock lands were ceded to English colonists by 1619. As an Ancient Planter, a settler who had lived at the Jamestown settlement for 10 years, Captain William Powell was granted the 750-acre Chippokes Plantation tract in 1619 by the Virginia Company. Powell died just four years later in 1623.
A cross was erected in the state park by the Daughters of the American Colonists on April 26, 1935 to mark the location of the first landing by English colonists at the site, along with a placard at the base of the cross with the dates of the landing and the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Like all Virginia State Parks following ...
Caledon State Park is a 2,579-acre (10.44 km 2) state park located in King George, Virginia. As of 2010, the yearly visitation was 49,328. [3] The property was initially owned by the Alexander brothers, founders of the city of Alexandria, and was established in 1659 as Caledon Plantation. Ownership passed, in 1974, to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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 .
Hungry Mother State Park is a state park in southwestern Virginia. Much of the land for Hungry Mother State Park was donated by local landowners to develop a new state park in Smyth County on Hungry Mother Creek. The park is one of the six original CCC parks that opened in June 1936.
Westmoreland State Park lies within Westmoreland County, Virginia. The park extends about one and a half miles along the Potomac River and covers 1,321 acres. The Horsehead Cliffs provide visitors with a panoramic view of the Potomac River, and lower levels feature fossils and beach access.
Most of the buildings and facilities of the park were built by the CCC. In 1936, Staunton River State Park was opened to the public as one of the original six state parks. Covering 1,776 acres (7.19 km 2), it provided recreation for the people of south-central Virginia.