Open fires are prohibited throughout the park from midnight to 4 p.m. through April 30 per the 4 p.m. Burning Law. This includes wood and charcoal. Gas is permissible. Campground fires are allowed during the restricted time if a camp host is on duty and signage to that effect is posted in the campground. Failure to observe the 4 p.m. Burning Law can result in a fine. Contact the Park Office for additional information.

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Snap! What's a party without pictures? 1940 can be considered the birth date of Bear Creek Lake State Park. By July of that year, construction was finished and the waters stocked with Largemouth Bass for the opening of fishing season. Seventy-five years later, it's time to join the celebration by entering the It's Our Birthday Selfie Contest! 

Selfie contest entry from Bari Hamric
Selfie contest entry from Bari Hamric

The rules are simple: submit your selfie photo taken at Bear Creek Lake State Park. Photographs must include something that identifies the photo as having been taken at the park (e.g. a sign, the beach, the lake, a park employee, a cabin view or campsite) and of course, you. The park will have selfie sticks available for loan or purchase if you would like to try one. 

Selfie contest entry by Tiffany Marshall
Selfie contest entry by Tiffany Marshall

To enter: Upload the photo to the Virginia State Parks Facebook page or tag the Virginia State Parks page when you post the picture to your Facebook page. Alternately, you may simply email your photo with your contact information here

The contest ends Saturday August 29, 2015 so you still have three weeks to get out to the park and take a selfie. A Grand Prize winner and five runner-ups will be randomly selected by Bear Creek Lake State Park staff from all entries submitted. Submissions may be posted at kiosks in the park. Become a part of our huge Happy Birthday card planned for September during Virginia State Parks History and Culture Month. 

Grand Prize: A two-night cabin stay at Bear Creek Lake State Park! 

Four First Prizes of a two-night Bear Creek Lake State Park campground stay at a standard or water and electric site. RV sites available only to those winners using an RV, 35 foot maximum. Additional prizes may be awarded depending on the number of entries. 

What would a contest be without rules? Here they are: Reservation dates for the Grand Prize and First Prizes are subject to availability. Submission of entry constitutes entrant's consent (or that of their parent/legal guardian should they be a minor) to allow Bear Creek Lake State Park, Virginia State Parks, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and Virginia Tourism use of images in future publications and advertising. The photographer must secure a model release from any other subject(s) or, in the case of a minor, the subject's parents or legal guardian and provide it upon request. Employees of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and members of their household may not enter this contest. While there are no age limits for this contest, if a winner of an overnight stay is under 18, they must assign an individual over 18 to receive the prize. We reserve the right to remove from the contest any photograph we deem to be offensive or inappropriate. You may enter as often as you like. All entries must be original, may not have won previous prizes and must not infringe on any third party rights. 

Click Here for a location map of Bear Creek Lake State Park.

Selfie contest entry from April Barlett
Selfie contest entry from April Barlett

 

 

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