List of Virginia state parks

Breaks Canyon, located in Breaks Interstate Park.

This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Virginia state park system.

Virginia opened its entire state park system on June 15, 1936 as a six-park system. The six originals 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 Hungry Mother State Park. The park system now oversees 37 parks.[1]

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State parks

Douthat Lake, located in Douthat State Park.
False Cape State Park's Back Bay.
Fog on a lake in Hungry Mother State Park.
View from Sky Meadows State Park.
Name Web-
site		 Location Size Established Status Remarks
Bear Creek Lake State Park Cumberland, Virginia 562 acres (2.27 km2)[1] 1939[1] Open
Belle Isle State Park Lancaster County, Virginia 747 acres (3.02 km2)[1] 1993[1] Open
Breaks Interstate Park Breaks, Virginia 4,500 acres (18 km2) 1954 Open
Caledon Natural Area King George, Virginia 2,608 acres (10.55 km2)[1] 1974[1] Open
Chippokes Plantation State Park Surry, Virginia 1,945 acres (7.87 km2)[1] 1967[1] Open
Claytor Lake State Park Dublin, Virginia 476 acres (1.93 km2)[1] 1951[1] Open
Douthat State Park Millboro, Virginia 4,545 acres (18.39 km2)[1] 1933[1] Open
Fairy Stone State Park Stuart, Virginia 4,678 acres (18.93 km2)[1] 1933[1] Open
False Cape State Park Virginia Beach, Virginia 4,321 acres (17.49 km2)[1] 1968[1] Open
First Landing State Park Virginia Beach, Virginia 3,598 acres (14.56 km2)[1] 1933[1] Open Originally Seashore State Park[1]
Grayson Highlands State Park Mouth of Wilson, Virginia 4,857 acres (19.66 km2)[1] 1965[1] Open
High Bridge Trail State Park Farmville, Virginia 608 acres (2.46 km2)[1] 2006[1] Open
Holliday Lake State Park Appomattox, Virginia 250 acres (1.0 km2)[1] 1939[1] Open
Hungry Mother State Park Marion, Virginia 2,345 acres (9.49 km2)[1] 1933[1] Open
James River State Park Gladstone, Virginia 1,568 acres (6.35 km2)[1] 1993[1] Open
Kiptopeke State Park Cape Charles, Virginia 536 acres (2.17 km2)[1] 1992[1] Open
Lake Anna State Park Spotsylvania County, Virginia 2,469 acres (9.99 km2)[1] 1972[1] Open
Leesylvania State Park Woodbridge, Virginia 511 acres (2.07 km2)[1] 1975[1] Open
Mason Neck State Park Lorton, Virginia 1,863 acres (7.54 km2)[1] 1967[1] Open
Middle Peninsula State Park 408 acres (1.65 km2)[1] 2006[1] Closed
Natural Tunnel State Park Duffield, Virginia 881 acres (3.57 km2)[1] 1967[1] Open
New River Trail State Park Fosters Falls, Virginia 1,224 acres (4.95 km2)[1] 1987[1] Open
Occoneechee State Park Clarksville, Virginia 2,690 acres (10.9 km2)[1] 1968[1] Open
Pocahontas State Park Chesterfield, Virginia 7,691 acres (31.12 km2)[1] 1946[1] Open
Powhatan State Park Powhatan, Virginia 1,563 acres (6.33 km2)[1] 2003[1] Open
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Rice, Virginia 324 acres (1.31 km2)[1] 1937[1] Open
Seven Bends State Park 1,067 acres (4.32 km2)[1] 2004[1] Closed
Shenandoah River Raymond R. "Andy" Guest Jr. State Park Bentonville, Virginia 1,704 acres (6.90 km2)[1] 1994[1] Open
Shot Tower Historical State Park Austinville, Virginia 7 acres (0.028 km2)[1] 1964[1] Open
Sky Meadows State Park Delaplane, Virginia 1,618 acres (6.55 km2)[1] 1975[1] Open
Smith Mountain Lake State Park Huddleston, Virginia 1,506 acres (6.09 km2)[1] 1967[1] Open
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park Big Stone Gap, Virginia 2 acres (0.0081 km2)[1] 1943[1] Open
Staunton River State Park Scottsburg, Virginia 2,563 acres (10.37 km2)[1] 1933[1] Open
Staunton River Battlefield State Park Randolph, Virginia 345 acres (1.40 km2)[1] 1955[1] Open
Tabb Monument Amelia County, Virginia 1 acre (0.0040 km2)[1] 1936[1] Open
Twin Lakes State Park Green Bay, Virginia 484 acres (1.96 km2)[1] 1939[1] Open
Westmoreland State Park Montross, Virginia 1,387 acres (5.61 km2)[1] 1933[1] Open
Widewater State Park 1,089 acres (4.41 km2)[1] 2006[1] Closed
Wilderness Road State Park Ewing, Virginia 192 acres (0.78 km2)[1] 1993[1] Open
York River State Park Williamsburg, Virginia 2,553 acres (10.33 km2)[1] 1969[1] Open

See also

References

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