For National Endangered Species Day come out to the park to learn about some of Virginia's endangered species, where to find them, and what sort of things can be done to helps them!

Come out and explore nature using tools like the park rangers use to investigate the park's wildlife in this self-guided adventure. Use your current outdoor skills and develop some new ones too as you learn to use binoculars, a magnifying glass, butterfly nets, and a compass to discover our park in a brand new way!

Come out and explore nature using tools like the park rangers use to investigate the park's wildlife in this self-guided adventure. Use your current outdoor skills and develop some new ones too as you learn to use binoculars, a magnifying glass, butterfly nets, and a compass to discover our park in a brand new way!

Bring a picnic and lawn chair for a family friendly evening of live music at the Park's Interpretive Area! The Tidewinders, a local band, will be performing bluegrass music with a modern flare.  The event is free but the $5/vehicle parking fee applies.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

Embrace your creativity by exploring unique connections to the natural and historic elements of the park through this dynamic art program.

Come be inspired by the natural beauty of Machicomoco as one of our Rangers leads you through the creation of your own masterpiece (Pre-registration and additional fees required).

The Indigenous Peoples were well known for being quite clever in their usage of the abundant natural resources found in the woodlands and coastal region, but did you know that these tribes were also compelled to use these same resources for sport and game playing?

Join us at the outdoor stage for an evening program about the soaring predators that hunt from the sky at night, including learning different owl calls, adaptations, and a chance to dissect an owl pellet.

Pollinator populations everywhere are in a steady decline, but why all the buzz about it?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Discover how fire was used by Virginia’s First Peoples to fell trees and build canoes, followed by a tasty treat *Pre-registration recommended.

Honor and aid your environment by participating in a park clean up!

Try your hand at being an ecologist for a day!

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

This tabletop program displays different projects you can create at home to help support wildlife in your own outdoor space.

Explore some of Machicomoco’s best views during golden hour while stopping in to talk with a Ranger about some of their favorite park topics.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

Pollinator populations everywhere are in a steady decline, but why all the buzz about it?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Explore some of Machicomoco’s best views during golden hour while stopping in to talk with a Ranger about some of their favorite park topics.

Pollinator populations everywhere are in a steady decline, but why all the buzz about it?

"Wood" You Like to Play?

Mystery of History Hike - Interpretive Area.

Embrace your creativity by exploring unique connections to the natural and historic elements of the park through this dynamic art program.

Discover how fire was used by Virginia’s First Peoples to fell trees and build canoes, followed by a tasty treat *Pre-registration recommended.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The objects left behinds by people of the past may say more than you'd think.

Explore some of Machicomoco’s best views during golden hour while stopping in to talk with a Ranger about some of their favorite park topics.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Pollinator populations everywhere are in a steady decline, but why all the buzz about it?

The rich story of Virginia’s First Peoples has many twists and turns that are steeped in mystery and controversy as their oral histories were scattered by European arrival, leaving the written and published accounts of those same foreigners to be some of the only well-known accounts that remain today.

Stop by this tabletop program and discover the basics of birding followed by the opportunity to explore some of our most popular birding habitats.

Bring along your partner and friends to embark on a wayfinding adventure through the Interpretive Area to earn a free Adult Adventurer keychain (Pre-registration recommended).

Machicomoco is home to a grove of longleaf pine trees, a useful and historic tree that was once widespread across the southeastern United States.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Have you ever wanted to try camping, but didn't because it all seems so confusing and expensive?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Paddle through the Catlett Islands on a Ranger led kayak tour which explores the diverse wildlife, ecosystems, and history of the park.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Put away your smart phone and plot a course for adventure with this introduction to the sport of orienteering.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

Will you take up the bow and try your hand at the sport of archery?

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Curious about how the light green house looks from the inside and its restoration process?

Will you take up the bow and try your hand at the sport of archery?

Will you take up the bow and try your hand at the sport of archery?