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Summer Fun on National Get Outdoors Day at Virginia State Parks
National Get Outdoors Day is Saturday, June 11
Find your park and summer fun on this list of special programs
Summertime and the living is easy. Well, it is if you take the family to one of our 36 Virginia State Parks. There is so much to do at all of our parks year round but particularly in the summer where swimming and water sports are at their peak. Come out for a dip or a picnic and on June 11 you will find special ranger-led programs to celebrate National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day).
We offer swimming at 17 parks - in pools, small lakes, large lakes or even in the Chesapeake Bay
Close those screens and get outdoors to enjoy hiking, archery, fishing, paddling, geocaching, bouldering, seining, nature exploration, biking, tubing, swimming, campfire cooking ... PHEW! Many programs are free but some require advance registration or small fees in addition to the park's daily parking fee. Check the program details for GO Day.
Try your hand at archery at Bear Creek Lake, James River, Powhatan and Twin Lakes state parks
Don't forget our Get Outdoors! Challenge. From May 21 through June 30, 2016, visit 5 different parks and earn an annual park pass. Read more about it here.
Find the perfect park to match your family's style of fun from our list of special programs and events for GO Day.
Most parks have a fun way to get you in or on the water
GO Day is an outgrowth of the Get Outdoors USA! campaign, which encourages Americans, especially our youth, to seek out healthy, active outdoor lives and embrace our parks, forests, refuges and other public lands and waters.
If you have read the article and have a question, please email nancy.heltman@dcr.virginia.gov.
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