Events in Virginia State Parks

Are you interested in learning about the most common and rare fossils that can be found along the James River?

Did you know that Chippokes was once at the bottom of the ocean? During that period abundant shells, teeth, and bones were covered in sediments to create the fossils we find today.

Enjoy a 1 mile trek through the woods and along agricultural fields, eventually ending with a salt marsh overlook, as you learn about an important trade route.

Did you know there are species that are dependent on wetlands for their survival?   Explore the unique beauty of wetlands during this ranger-led hike.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

For centuries children in what is now Virginia played with corn husk dolls.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Did you know there are species that are dependent on wetlands for their survival?   Explore the unique beauty of wetlands during this ranger-led hike.

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Take a closer look at the forest.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Can you identify the differences between a predator or prey animals skull?

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a very unique historical building tour experience to explore the oldest dwelling on the grounds.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

For centuries children in what is now Virginia played with corn husk dolls.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Can you identify the differences between a predator or prey animals skull?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a very unique historical building tour experience to explore the oldest dwelling on the grounds.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Friends, come one, come all and meet one of our ambassador animals, Maizey, the corn snake!

Did you know there are species that are dependent on wetlands for their survival?   Explore the unique beauty of wetlands during this ranger-led hike.

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a very unique historical building tour experience to explore the oldest dwelling on the grounds.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Do you love Virginia State Parks and drawing, painting, or creating art from materials found in nature?

During this workshop, participants can observe, study, and dissect their very own owl pellet.

Are you interested in learning about the most common and rare fossils that can be found along the James River?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

We welcome you to meet and spend time with one of our most ssspecial ambassador animals, Maizey, the Corn Snake.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Do you love Virginia State Parks and drawing, painting, or creating art from materials found in nature?

Do you love Virginia State Parks and drawing, painting, or creating art from materials found in nature?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

We welcome you to meet and spend time with one of our most ssspecial ambassador animals, Maizey, the Corn Snake.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

Do you love Virginia State Parks and drawing, painting, or creating art from materials found in nature?

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

Can you identify the differences between a predator or prey animal's skull?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

As long as it’s not too much of a birden, help us showcase the wonderful variety of birds that inhabit the Park.

This special craft program involves making fun edible ornaments that will serve winter birds as a dependable food source during the cold winter months.  Participants will make a natural bird feeder using pine cones, peanut butter, string, and birdseed.  While creating your bird feeder, learn about some of our common Virginia backyard winter birds.

One particular birds of prey species known as the sea hawk, river hawk, or fish hawk is a favorite and popular summertime sight around Virginia and our rivers but seem to disappear in the winter.  So, where are the ospreys now?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Can you identify the differences between a predator or prey animal's skull?

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

Are you interested in learning about the most common and rare fossils that can be found along the James River?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

We welcome you to meet and spend time with one of our most ssspecial ambassador animals, Maizey, the Corn Snake.

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

Are you interested in learning about the most common and rare fossils that can be found along the James River?

Did you know that 11 to 3 million years ago Chippokes, the James River, and most of the Tidewater area of Virginia was all under water and at the bottom of the Claremont Manor Sea? Join an interpreter on an adventure through the Fossil Beds of Chippokes to see what we can find...

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

Can you identify the differences between a mammalian predator or prey animal's skull?

Can you identify the differences between a mammalian predator or prey animal's skull?

Friends, come one, come all and meet one of our ambassador animals, Maizey, the corn snake!

Rangers have to know a lot about many different natural subjects which often includes park specific and place based history, naturalism, environmental science, wildlife, ecology, and other natural resources occurring in the Park, invasive or native species, preservation, conservation, interpretation, and more!  Do you have a question?

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Can you identify the differences between a mammalian predator or prey animal's skull?

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Are you interested in learning about the most common and rare fossils that can be found along the James River?

Did you know that 11 to 3 million years ago Chippokes, the James River, and most of the Tidewater area of Virginia was all under water and at the bottom of the Claremont Manor Sea? Join an interpreter on an adventure through the Fossil Beds of Chippokes to see what we can find...

What is the oldest way of cooking?

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Chippokes State Park welcomes visitors to accompany an interpretive guide on a unique historical tour experience to explore one of the oldest dwelling on the grounds.  What do the remnants of the River House tell us of a time much different than today?

What is the oldest way of cooking?

Have you ever wondered why donkeys have such long ears or why pigs like to roll in the mud?

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

The Jones-Stewart Mansion is a stunning example of an antebellum plantation house built in 1854.

Have you ever looked closely at the landscape of a particular area as an artifact?

Rangers have to know a lot about many different natural subjects which often includes park specific and place based history, naturalism, environmental science, wildlife, ecology, and other natural resources occurring in the Park, invasive or native species, preservation, conservation, interpretation, and more!  Do you have a question?

Can you identify the differences between a mammalian predator or prey animal's skull?