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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 ...
Shenandoah River Raymond R. "Andy" Guest Jr. State Park, known generally as Shenandoah River State Park, is a state park near the town of Bentonville, Virginia, United States. The park was established in 1994, and covers 1,619 acres (6.55 km 2 ) along the South Fork Shenandoah River . [ 1 ]
Widewater State Park is a state park on a 1,100 acres (450 ha) peninsula in the Potomac River in Stafford County, Virginia. It and Leesylvania State Park to the north on Occoquan Bay, and several wildlife refuges and regional parks are on the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail .
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 ...
Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest: Appomattox and Buckingham: 19,513 acres (78.97 km 2) Big Woods State Forest: Sussex: 2,403 acres (9.72 km 2) Bourassa State Forest: Bedford: 288 acres (1.17 km 2) Browne State Forest: Essex: 128 acres (0.52 km 2) Channels State Forest: Washington and Russell: 4,836 acres (19.57 km 2) Charlotte State Forest ...
Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.The park offers recreational access to the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay with its shoreline, beach, boat ramps and piers, as well as unique migratory bird habitat along the East Coast flyway.
Sweet Run State Park is a state park in northern Loudoun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The park was dedicated on 6 October 2023 by Governor Glenn Youngkin . [ 1 ] The 884-acre (3.58 km 2 ) park is the first state park in Loudoun County and the 42nd park to be established under the Virginia state park system. [ 2 ]
The Virginia State Commission of Conservation and Development was created in 1926 under Governor Harry F. Byrd to consolidate and coordinate several conservation agencies: the Water Power and Development Commission, the State Geological Commission, the State Geological Survey, Office of the State Geologist, Office of the State Forester, and the Division of Parks.