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Have coffee when you want it when you stay at a Virginia State Park Cabin!
No buffet lines in this 2 bedroom cabin at Chippokes 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:
- eat breakfast in your pjs and make coffee at your leisure (no buffet lines)
- go for a hike or paddle any time you wish
- bikes are standing by
- fido is not locked up in a kennel missing his family, he is with us!
- no yahoos or tv's in the rooms right next door or above
- cook outside or have a campfire for s'mores (cabins are in natural settings)
- no long corridors filled with smokers and screaming kids
- no eating out every meal $ (cook with real appliances) JUST SAY NO TO THE COSTLY BUFFET!
- kitchen, dining room, living room, separate bedrooms with bunk beds, and a covered porch
- 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 state park cabin is distinctive (from historical CCC built to modern housekeeping cabins)
Typical 2 bedroom cabin Westmoreland State Park overlooking the Potomac River
One bedroom accessible cabin at Chippokes State Park is situated in the soy and peanut fields
Bunk-bed room at the 3 bedroom waterfront cabin at Claytor Lake State Park (3 bedroom cabins also feature 2 bathrooms)
Typical kitchen at Twin Lakes State Park
Kitchens at Occoneechee State Park have tons of space and vaulted ceilings
James River State Park cabins have covered porched, rockers and scenic views
Learn more about Virginia State Park Cabins here.

If you have read the article and have a question, please email nancy.heltman@dcr.virginia.gov.