Events in Virginia State Parks

西南弗吉尼亚博物馆历史州立公园现正接受“时光缝补”被子展的参赛作品。

Come celebrate our planet with First Landing Rangers during Earth Week!

The Eta Aquarids is an above average meteor shower capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak.

Celebrate Earth Week 2026 at False Cape State Park all week long by supporting healthy and happy beaches.

Celebrate Earth Week by giving back to your park and making a positive impact on the environment!

Experience the healing benefits of nature!

在铁工业迁离该地区后，费耶代尔的居民从采矿业转向了“采矿”。

Stop being another brick in the wall and make one instead.

This archery session for beginners and provides shooting time for the more experienced. It begins with instruction time on archery equipment, technique, and safety.

During Earth Week, you are invited to see, smell, and taste the many ways the earth nourishes and provides for us! Foraging can foster a special connection with the land as well as with fellow foragers.

我们都享用了美味的餐点，住在我们游客中心的蛇也一样。

关于 Sweet Run 州立公园，有很多故事可以讲。

Commemorate the 419th anniversary of the 1607 landing when 3 English ships arrived at Cape Henry, today’s First Landing State Park!

As the weather warms to spring, travel the park's trails to explore what is in bloom with Shenandoah Chapter Virginia Master Naturalist Paul Guay.

对弗吉尼亚州的本土蛇感到好奇吗？

National Audubon Day is celebrated annually on April 26th to honor the birthday of renowned ornithologist, naturalist, and painter John James Audubon.

随着春天在自然隧道州立公园的到来，森林地面开始呈现大自然赋予的鲜艳色彩。

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a bird?

参加4小时的导览游，游览后湾国家野生动物保护区和福尔斯角州立公园！

了解自然形成的石十字背后的传说，并前往公园内的特殊地点寻找自己的“仙女石”。在简单介绍您要寻找的内容后，我们将前往现场。

这次历史建筑之旅旨在突出琼斯 - 斯图尔特大厦当时的建筑、设计、家具、特殊风格、华丽的装饰和墙壁内的故事。

Join us for an engaging lecture that explores the history of Point Lookout, the largest Union prison camp of the American Civil War.

Interested in learning about archery in an adult setting?

The Dogwood Garden Club of Big Stone Gap, Va., will host “Bee” Power for Our Planet Exhibit in observance for Earth Week.

Explore the evolution of the park with your B.A.R.K.

您想过为什么这个公园有两个湖吗？

地理藏宝将全球定位系统 (GPS) 技术与大自然相结合，为世界各地的寻宝者提供冒险体验。

Westmoreland State Park is home to four different ambassador animals: Reba the corn snake, Stevie the king snake, and two red-eared sliders, Venus and Jennika.

With the park's miles of woodland trails and grassy expanses, you’re sure to see some of the mushrooms that are native to this part of the east coast year-round.  Join us for a basic introduction to fungi in our Visitors Center Discovery Room, then come with us on a short hike to see what fungi we can discover.

From the small eastern screech owl to the great horned owl, eight species of owls call Virginia home part or all of the year.   Get a glimpse into the mysterious world of our elusive nocturnal raptors.

Did you know that if it were not for hunting, there would far fewer deer in Virginia?

帮助我们保持道路美丽。

What do you think of when you hear the word raptor?

青蛙、小龙虾和孩子们——天哪！

自然日记是艺术、科学和好奇心的交汇。

通过本次实践研讨会，探索永恒的松针编织篮艺术并释放您的创造力。

您是否知道，在我们今天的湖泊所在地，曾经有一个繁荣的“新兴小镇”？

Venom?

Interested in volunteering at Westmoreland State Park? Join us as we celebrate our current volunteers and learn how you can get involved and give back to your local park and community!   We will have pizza, snacks and drinks provided for free!

大蓝鹭的繁殖群并不是鸟群繁殖地，而是鹭栖地（我们没有编造这个词）。

April showers bring May flowers.  For the month of April, homeschoolers will learn about the water cycle, water pollution, and how it affects us and the environment.

Join us for a special hike at False Cape State Park!

The Friends of York River State Park is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to support the mission of the park: We champion the unique natural, historical, and cultural resources of York River State Park's estuarine environment.

有没有想过晚上公园里会发生什么？

和公园管理员一起徒步三英里到达瀑布并返回。

April showers bring May flowers.  For the month of April, homeschoolers will learn about the water cycle, water pollution, and how it affects us and the environment.

"Beavers:  Nature's Engineers" examines the characteristics and habits of North America's largest rodent.  Learn about how beavers alter the environment more than any other creature except humans.  Find out how beavers contributed to the westward expansion as settlers arrived in the New World.  .

与我们的护林员一起探索雄伟的白尾鹿的秘密。

Do you love First Landing State Park and want to make a difference?

与护林员会面，在导游的带领下沿着湖岸小径徒步旅行（0.81mi. ）。

就像毛毛虫会生长和变化一样，我们的毛毛虫俱乐部计划旨在帮助您的孩子成长和变化。

来自李斯尔瓦尼亚州立公园的护林员将带着您的孩子进行一次自然探险，包括阅读、游戏和手工艺。

The little known Village of Cape Henry was a bustling resort town in the early 1900’s.  Accessed by an electric rail line and equipped with a casino, church, ice cream parlor, cottages and hotels.  It was the place to be along the oceanfront.  See what life was like, who lived here and what eventually would cause the creation of Fort Story and the end of the village during this program.

Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is thrilled to announce the spring semester of the WiseJAMS Music Program!

参加4小时的导览游，游览后湾国家野生动物保护区和福尔斯角州立公园！

与护林员会面，沿着橡树山核桃小径进行一英里的带导游的徒步旅行，这被评为中等难度的徒步旅行。

Join us in discovering the hidden wonders of these temporary seasonal wetlands.

参观博物馆，了解波卡洪塔斯州立公园和平民保育队的历史。

From the small eastern screech owl to the great horned owl, eight species of owls call Virginia home part or all of the year.   Get a glimpse into the mysterious world of our elusive nocturnal raptors.

了解自然形成的石十字背后的传说，并前往公园内的特殊地点寻找自己的“仙女石”。在简单介绍您要寻找的内容后，我们将前往现场。

查找并了解公园内的树木多样性！

Foraging can foster a special connection with the surrounding community of plants, fungi, and fellow humans.

Humans aren't the only ones who build amazing structures.  Insects, birds, and mammals are among the many animals who create complex homes for themselves.  Let's take a look into the world of these master builders of the animal kingdom.

波卡洪塔斯州立公园是如何建成的？什么是“原始6 ”州立公园？

与我们的教育大使 Gertie 和 Birdie 见面，并与我们知识渊博的护林员互动，看看他们如何照顾这些可爱的小动物。

您是否知道郊狼并非弗吉尼亚州的本土动物？

您是否知道，在我们今天的湖泊所在地，曾经有一个繁荣的“新兴小镇”？

通过观察动物的皮肤和头骨，我们可以了解很多有关动物适应性的信息。

Tracks tell a story, but do you know how to read them?

有没有想过你可以用脚下的东西做什么？

与其他露营者一起了解公园提供的各种不同的路线和活动，并探索公园的历史。这是询问有关公园、该地区的当地活动以及仙女石州立公园未来活动的好机会。

Start your weekend off right with s’mores and more!

快来参加聚会吧！

公园里钓鱼的最佳地点是哪里？

It's that time of the year to not only celebrate birds, but our wonderful volunteers, especially Randy Smith who gave a lot of himself to nature, to birds, and to Hungry Mother State Park.  Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. – Owl Prowl Set out on a night time adventure with Hungry Mother interpreters as we explore how owls thrive in the dark.

Set out on a night time adventure with Hungry Mother interpreters as we explore how owls thrive in the dark.

参加由护林员带领的徒步旅行，欣赏满月的美景。

Start your morning with fresh air, feathered friends, and great company.

May the Forest Be With You as part of the Caledon Trail Race Series!

For Clean the Bay Day 2026, park rangers at Widewater State Park will be leading a volunteer shoreline cleanup along the Potomac River!

For Clean the Bay Day 2026, park rangers at Widewater State Park will be leading a volunteer shoreline cleanup from kayaks along the Aquia Creek!  Nitrile gloves and trash grabbers will be supplied by the park, but they are in limited supply.

Fancy a spot of volunteering this Spring?    Saturday, April 25th : Waterway Cleanups Spring Cleanup on the Aquia Creek  Join this Stafford-based non-profit as they help keep Aquia Creek clean of trash and debris via kayaks in their Spring cleanup at the park.

Get knee-deep in the Shenandoah during Fly Fishing 101!  Join us for an introductory fly-fishing program designed to teach you all the basics you need to start catching fish on a fly.

Join Douthat State Park and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for the 2026 Clean the Bay Day Event.

您知道双湖州立公园位于切萨皮克湾流域吗？

加入我们，我们将打开老诺福克和西部守车518517的大门。

Enjoy the clean fresh air and beautiful views provided by the park's riverside forest, and help clean it up along the way!

Help us keep our park clean!  Join us for a trash pickup along the Bluebell Trail and the shoreline along the picnic area.

Join Leesylvania State Park Rangers and volunteers to help keep the park and Chesapeake Bay clean.

Help our rangers and volunteers keep our park clean! Westmoreland State Park beaches and waterways are full of marine wildlife, fossils, shells, birds, and more!

Get in the water and help Cedar Creek and the Chesapeake Bay downstream in this multi-part cleanup event.  Team up with park rangers to remove litter and debris from Cedar Creek and its tributaries.

奇波克斯州立公园很荣幸与切萨皮克湾基金会合作举办清洁海湾日活动！

Would you like to help preserve the Chesapeake Bay for future generations? Join Kiptopeke State Park and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for the 2026 Clean the Bay Day Event.

让我们一起参加在切萨皮克湾流域内美丽的霍利迪湖举行的清洁海湾日活动，共同做出改变。

Join us for Clean the Bay Day and help make a difference in your park and surrounding waterways!

Each year on a bright Saturday morning, thousands of Virginians simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, and beaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to remove harmful litter and debris.

Participate in the annual "Clean the Bay Day" initiative by helping park staff with a roadside cleanup effort on Saturday, May 2nd from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. "Clean the Bay" is sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in which volunteers from around the state help clean up trash affecting waterways and tributaries within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed of which Sailor's Creek Battlefield is a part.

First Landing State Park invites you to participate in a Chesapeake Bay tradition by volunteering in Clean the Bay Day, an annual event organized by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) to promote and protect the health of our Bay watershed. Volunteers are invited to help collect litter along our shorelines and to collect data to help CBF promote environmental stewardship of our waterways.  Registration is now full for both park sites, but you can find more cleanups on the CBF website.

The health of the Chesapeake Bay begins right here along the beautiful James River — and we need your help to protect it!

与我们一起与其他植物爱好者一起度过一个有意义的园艺早晨。