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Trail Blitz

Location of Occoneechee State Park in Virginia

Where

Occoneechee State Park, 1192 Occoneechee Park Rd., Clarksville, VA 23927.
Posseclay Interpretive Shelter

When

Sept. 27, 2025. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Explore Occoneechee State Park and be a trail steward for a day! Join the team that protects Virginia’s trails by selecting a trail to pick up trash and report on its condition. Sign up as an individual or as a team to walk a trail, or a section of one of our longer trails, by visiting the Posseclay Interpretive Shelter.

You will receive a map and a trail checklist, which you’ll turn in at the park’s Visitor Center when you finish. Volunteers are essential to maintaining the park’s trails. You’ll be doing important work for the park while enjoying a hike, run, bike ride, or horseback ride. Parking fees are waived.

photo of volunteers cleaning park

About National Public Lands Day

Virginia State Parks celebrates National Public Lands Day each September by inviting volunteers and visitors to take part in the largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands in the country. Join in preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the state’s public lands through a variety of hands-on activities, including trail maintenance, tree plantings, invasive species removal, litter clean-ups and educational programs on the importance of conservation. Parking fees are waived at most Virginia State Parks for National Public Lands Day (excludes Grayson Highlands and the admission fee at Natural Bridge and Southwest Virginia Museum).

Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: No.
Extra fee: No.
Registration required: Yes.
Children welcome: Yes.
Phone: 434-374-2210
Email Address: Occoneechee@dcr.virginia.gov