SWVA State Parks Earth Week Challenge

Location of Natural Tunnel State Park in Virginia

Where

Natural Tunnel State Park, 1420 Natural Tunnel Pkwy., Duffield, VA 24244.
Various Locations Throughout the Park

When

April 21, 2024 12:00 a.m. - April 27, 2024 11:00 p.m.

This Earth Week, come participate in the inaugural Southwest VA State Parks Nature Challenge!

Let’s show off how amazing our parks can be for wildlife this spring!

This is a seven-day 'bioblitz' nature hunt, to assist in recording and protecting wildlife in our parks. Take part in friendly and fun competition to see who can gather the most observations of nature and find the most species.

How it Works: Visit your favorite Southwest VA State Park during Earth Week (April 21-27) and use nature apps iNaturalist, Seek, or Merlin to document plants and animals. It's as easy as that!

The park with the most observations will take home the Nature Challenge title (although citizen science is the real winner here!).

Participating Parks:

Clinch River State Park

Grayson Highlands State Park

Hungry Mother State Park

Natural Tunnel State Park

New River Trail State Park

Southwest VA Museum Historical State Park

Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: Yes.
Extra fee: No.
Registration required: No.
Children welcome: Yes.
Phone: 276-940-2674
Email Address: naturaltunnel@dcr.virginia.gov