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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Moody's Wharf Meet-Up: The Circle of Adventure

By John GreshamPosted May 19, 2016

Sometimes it is hard to decide which adventure to embark on at York River State Park. Our Fossil Frenzy Hike is the most popular ranger guided program that crosses a marsh and wooded uplands to the shoreline.

But, the Pick Your Paddle trip seems like it would be a great way to learn about the estuarine environment. Wouldn't it be cool if you could do both? This year, we are offering a program where you can.

You can do it all on May 30, 2016

Hike and paddle on the same trip at York River State Park, Virginia

Hit the trails

Guests who participate in the Moody's Wharf Meet-Up will be divided into two groups. One will be led along the Beaver and Mattaponi Trails. These are hiking only paths that cross a non-tidal freshwater stream and a tidal stream that cuts through a small marsh. The woods are a mixture of hardwoods with pine. The final leg of the hike is on a steep switchback that leads to Fossil Beach. During the colonial period, a shipping wharf was located here.

Take the best hiking trails

Enjoy the waters

The second group will canoe and/or kayak into Taskinas Creek and explore its expansive estuarine marsh. From there, they will venture to the confluence of the creek and York River where Osprey have found the perfect place to fish and nest. They may stop at the seining beach before heading further down river to the Fossil Beach where they will meet up with the first group. There, the two groups will trade off adventures so that the hikers paddle back and the paddlers hit the trails.

Cruise Taskinas and the York

Help kick-off a new experience

We will have our very first Moody's Wharf Meet Up on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Amphitheater.

Participants must make reservations by calling the office at (757) 566-3036. As we will be paddling into the open waters of the York River, children must be six years old and up.

Adventure by land and sea

Directions to York River State Park

From I-64, take the Croaker Exit 231B. Go north on Route 607 (Croaker Rd.) for one mile, then right on Route 606 (Riverview Rd.) about one and a half miles to the park entrance. Take a left turn into the park. Click here for a Google map.

Call the park office to make your reservation at (757) 566-3036

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