Take a walk, ride your bike, paddle in, or hitch a ride to the wild side as we visit our long anticipated featured Park of the Month for July: False Cape State Park.

Getting to False Cape State Park at the far south end of the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach requires some planning and foresight, but it is definitely worth it to visit this unique Virginia State Park. 

Once you decide whether you are going to hike, bike, boat or take the tram (click here for a full schedule of tram tours) you might see: 

• nine miles of pristine undeveloped Atlantic Ocean shoreline
• swales of dunes stretching off in the interior
• live oak trees by the hundreds their branches twisting and turning in the sand
• the great expanse of Back Bay with egrets, herons, and eagles gliding along
• fleeting glimpses of deer, wild pigs, and coyotes;
• turtles, frogs, otters, and nutria sunning themselves or frolicking in the water
• evidence attesting to the survival of the hardy souls from the Wash Woods community
• the Wash Woods church steeple and graveyard
• pelicans, shorebirds, gulls, sandpipers, and peregrine falcons
• dolphins and whales swimming off shore

False Cape State Park is an incredible one of a kind park in Virginia 

False Cape State Park has all kinds of programs (click here for a full schedule) that provide transportation into the park as part of the program:

• sunset, sunrise, and afternoon kayaking trips  (suitable for beginners)
• stand-up paddleboard trips (coming soon)
• Wild Women's Weekend (Tentative for September 2015)
• historic tram tours
• astronomy programs
• archery programs
• park packs you can check out to explore the park on your own
• private field trips/overnight education programs at the Environmental Ed. Center
• beach clean ups
• friends fundraisers

Programs at False Cape including tram tours, guided hikes and kayak trips

Throughout the month of July I will be posting several blogs about False Cape State Park's history, camping opportunities, overnight and outreach educational program opportunities, about the Friends of False Cape, and much more.

What do you want to know about False Cape State Park? 

Or what is your favorite thing about False Cape State Park? I'll try to respond through the feedback on our Virginia State Parks Facebook page, and comments left below and incorporate answers to, and share your stories in future Park of the Month blog articles.

Don't forget your camera when you visit False Cape State Park

Location

Nestled between Back Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, False Cape State Park is one of the last remaining undeveloped areas along the Atlantic coast. As the former home of Native Americans, the historic Wash Woods community and a Coast Guard lifesaving station, False Cape honors the hardy souls who made a living from the sea. 

A few years ago I created this video for Virginia State Parks 75th anniversary and I think it does a good job explaining how to visit False Cape State Park. Stay tuned for the next segment in our Park of the Month Series for July and our continued walk on the wild side, at False Cape State Park.