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Have coffee when you want it when you stay at a Virginia State Park Cabin! (Hungry Mother State Park pictured)

Have coffee when you want it when you stay at a Virginia State Park Cabin!

2 bedroom cabin at Chippokes State Park

No buffet lines in this 2 bedroom cabin at Chippokes State Park

3 bedroom cabin #3 at Natural Tunnel State Park

Plenty of room to run around at this 3 bedroom cabin at Natural Tunnel State Park

Top 10 Reasons Our Family Chooses a Virginia State Park Cabin over a Hotel:

  1. eat breakfast in your pjs and make coffee at your leisure (no buffet lines)
  2. go for a hike or paddle any time you wish
  3. bikes are standing by
  4. fido is not locked up in a kennel missing his family, he is with us!
  5. no yahoos or tv's in the rooms right next door or above
  6. cook outside or have a campfire for s'mores (cabins are in natural settings)
  7. no long corridors filled with smokers and screaming kids
  8. no eating out every meal $ (cook with real appliances) JUST SAY NO TO THE COSTLY BUFFET!
  9. kitchen, dining room, living room, separate bedrooms with bunk beds, and a covered porch
  10. the price is right!

What are your top reasons for choosing a cabin over a hotel room on vacation?

Typical 2 bedroom cabin at Douthat State Park - each cabin is distinctive

Typical 2 bedroom cabin at Douthat State Park. Each state park cabin is distinctive (from historical CCC built to modern housekeeping cabins)

Typical 2 bedroom cabin Westmoreland State Park

Typical 2 bedroom cabin Westmoreland State Park overlooking the Potomac River

One bedroom accessible cabin at Chippokes State Park

One bedroom accessible cabin at Chippokes State Park is situated in the soy and peanut fields

Bunk-bed room at the 3 bedroom cabin at Claytor Lake State Park

Bunk-bed room at the 3 bedroom waterfront cabin at Claytor Lake State Park (3 bedroom cabins also feature 2 bathrooms)

Cabin kitchen at Twin Lakes State Park

Typical kitchen at Twin Lakes State Park

A typical 2 bedroom cabin kitchen at Occoneechee State Park

Kitchens at Occoneechee State Park have tons of space and vaulted ceilings

James River State Park cabin covered porch with views

James River State Park cabins have covered porched, rockers and scenic views

Learn more about Virginia State Park Cabins here.

Virginia State Parks provide comfortable and economical overnight accommodations, with 260 climate-controlled cabins. Many cabins are available year round. 
 
Please click here (PDF) for cabin rental rates. Click here to check on availability and to reserve online or call 800-933-7275 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
All cabins have kitchens and bathrooms. Furnishings and equipment include simple furniture, microwave, refrigerator, oven, dishes, cooking utensils, silverware, kitchen towels and glassware. Bath towels and bedroom linens, including mattress covers, pillows, blankets, sheets and pillow cases, also are included.
 
All cabins except those at Chippokes State Park and Twin Lakes State Park's Hill Lodge and Martin Cottage have fireplaces. Cabins at Smith Mountain Lake have wood stoves.
 
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the cabin rental period is one week. If available, cabins may be rented for less than a week during this period up to 30 days prior to the desired dates. There is a two-night minimum stay. During this season, cabin rentals for less than a week's stay within the 30-day window cannot be reserved online. Click here for some more cabin photos on Flickr.
 
Cabin at Natural Tunnel State Park photo by Bill Crabtree Jr, VA Tourism Corp.
 
Typical cabin at Natural Tunnel State Park photo by Bill Crabtree Jr, VA Tourism Corp.
 
Here is one last and very important reason our family chooses Virginia State Park cabins:
 
Virginia State Parks mission is to conserve natural, scenic, historic and cultural resources of the commonwealth and to provide recreational and educational opportunities consistent with good stewardship of these lands, water and facilities that leaves them unimpaired for future generations.
 
Click here for a map of all 36 Virginia State Parks. 
 
These cabins were built with you in mind. Skip the cookie-cutter chain hotels and plan your next getaway to a Virginia State Park Cabin!
 
VIRGINIA STATE PARKS WERE VOTED AMERICA'S BEST AND ARE ALL ABOUT FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FUN!
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If you have read the article and have a question, please email nancy.heltman@dcr.virginia.gov.

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