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Events in Virginia State Parks
Between 10/08/2025 and 10/08/2026
(77) Events Found For All Event Types
Park: Natural Tunnel State Park
Oct. 10, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Begin your journey along the Wilderness Road towards Cumberland Gap as an interpreter takes you on a guided tour of the museum.
Oct. 10, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Campfire Ring between the Campgrounds
Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.
Oct. 11, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Stock Creek Recreation Area
Get down and dirty with this two-hour wild cave tour.
Oct. 11, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Did you know corn can be found in just about everything?
Oct. 11, 2025. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Picnic Area
The leaves are changing, and the nights are growing cold, it's the perfect time for a hayride!
Oct. 12, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
There are bugs everywhere in the park- cicadas in the trees, ants in the grass, crickets in the caves, and even the macro invertebrates in the creek!
Oct. 12, 2025. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Stop by the Visitor Center and have the opportunity to view the sun through a telescope.
Oct. 12, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Enjoy the stunning views of the awe-inspiring mountains as the leaves begin to change from a deep green to vibrant red, orange, and yellow hues.
Oct. 17, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Wilderness Road Blockhouse
Ever wonder what dolls of the 18th century frontier looked like or what they were made of?
Oct. 17, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Campfire Ring between the Campgrounds
Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.
Oct. 18, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Ever wondered where bats live?
Oct. 18, 2025. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Tunnel Platform
Find time to head down to the Tunnel Platform where you’ll find amazing views of the 300-foot-tall amphitheater walls of the Natural Tunnel, rock pigeons, and if you’re lucky, a train.
Oct. 18, 2025. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Picnic Area
The leaves are changing, and the nights are growing cold, it's the perfect time for a hayride!
Oct. 18, 2025. 6:45 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Gazebo
Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.
Oct. 19, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Learn how Mother Nature can both inspire and help you create your next masterpiece.
Oct. 19, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Camp Store
Enjoy the stunning views of the awe-inspiring mountains as the leaves begin to change from a deep green to vibrant red, orange, and yellow hues.
Oct. 24, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Did you know corn can be found in just about everything?
Oct. 24, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Campfire Ring between the Campgrounds
Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.
Oct. 24, 2025. 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Stock Creek Recreation Area
Who is calling to you in the night?
Oct. 25, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Begin your journey along the Wilderness Road towards Cumberland Gap as an interpreter takes you on a guided tour of the museum.
Oct. 25, 2025. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Owl Pellets give us clues as to what the latest meal was.
Oct. 25, 2025. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Picnic Area
The leaves are changing, and the nights are growing cold, it's the perfect time for a hayride!
Oct. 25, 2025. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Tunnel Platform
Storytelling at the Tunnel features storytelling performances from experienced local storytellers and local public-school forensics and drama students.
Oct. 26, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Have you carved your pumpkin for the fall season yet?
Oct. 26, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Enjoy the stunning views of the awe-inspiring mountains as the leaves begin to change from a deep green to vibrant red, orange, and yellow hues.
Oct. 31, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Join us as we build a creature to find out how adaptations of native animals (as well as creatures of Appalachian folklore) can help them be specially made for their environment.
Oct. 31, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Campfire Ring between the Campgrounds
Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.
Oct. 31, 2025. 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Stock Creek Recreation Area
What hides in the Appalachian wilderness after dark?
Nov. 1, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Virginia is home to a very smart, and often mischievous animal, Ursus americanus, or the American Black Bear.
Nov. 1, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, or is that a bat?
Nov. 1, 2025. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Picnic Area
The leaves are changing, and the nights are growing cold, it's the perfect time for a hayride!
Nov. 2, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Join a park interpreter on a scavenger hunt along one of our less explored trails to find all of the colors, shapes, and sizes that are found in nature.
Nov. 2, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Although they haven't always looked the way they do now, scarecrows have been around a long time and have been used in a number of different cultures.
Nov. 2, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Join a ranger to discover park history and how the tunnel was formed during this guided hike down Tunnel Trail.
Nov. 3, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Trees are life-givers and inspiration for many art forms.
Nov. 8, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Turkeys are terrific.
Nov. 8, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Wilderness Road Blockhouse
Stop by the Wilderness Road Blockhouse and step back in time to experience aspects of life on the frontier.
Nov. 8, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Blockhouse Parking Lot
Join a ranger on a guided hike to learn more about different birds, plants, and ecosystems found in the park.
Nov. 15, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Join a park interpreter on a scavenger hunt along one of our less explored trails to find all of the colors, shapes, and sizes that are found in nature.
Nov. 15, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Trees are life-givers and inspiration for many art forms.
Nov. 15, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Wilderness Road Blockhouse
Stop by the Wilderness Road Blockhouse and step back in time to experience aspects of life on the frontier.
Nov. 22, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Virginia is home to a very smart, and often mischievous animal, Ursus americanus, or the American Black Bear.
Nov. 22, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Turkeys are terrific.
Nov. 22, 2025. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Join a ranger to discover park history and how the tunnel was formed during this guided hike down Tunnel Trail.
Nov. 28, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
To kick off this year's Christmas Lighting event the park will provide this one-day special offer to help those in need in our community.
Nov. 29, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
As you ride down on the chairlift and make your way to the tunnel, you will be surrounded by thousands of Christmas lights and see animated Christmas displays.
Dec. 5, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
As you ride down on the chairlift and make your way to the tunnel, you will be surrounded by thousands of Christmas lights and see animated Christmas displays.
Dec. 6, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
As you ride down on the chairlift and make your way to the tunnel, you will be surrounded by thousands of Christmas lights and see animated Christmas displays.
Dec. 12, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
As you ride down on the chairlift and make your way to the tunnel, you will be surrounded by thousands of Christmas lights and see animated Christmas displays.
Dec. 13, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
As you ride down on the chairlift and make your way to the tunnel, you will be surrounded by thousands of Christmas lights and see animated Christmas displays.
Dec. 19, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
Don your ugliest holiday attire and join us for a night of festivities!
Dec. 20, 2025. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Chairlift
As you ride down on the chairlift and make your way to the tunnel, you will be surrounded by thousands of Christmas lights and see animated Christmas displays.
Jan. 1, 2025 8:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Enjoy a self-guided tour as you walk down to see the Natural Tunnel.
Jan. 1, 2025 8:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Wilderness Road Blockhouse
As you explore the Wilderness Road Blockhouse and the surrounding area, discover what makes this building so unique as well as what was commonly used on the frontier for survival during the 18th Century.
Jan. 1, 2025 8:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Stop by the Visitor Center and pick up a copy of a self-guided brochure on the “Common Trees of Virginia,” or download it online.
Jan. 1, 2025 8:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 5:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Introduced by the National Parks, B.A.R.K.
Dec. 31, 2025. 11:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Blockhouse Parking Lot
Forgo the fireworks and crowded festivities and accompany a ranger on this guided hike through the quiet woods with the moon and stars lighting the way.
Jan. 1, 2026. 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Various Locations Throughout the Park
Get your heart pumping as you hike into the new year at Natural Tunnel!
Jan. 10, 2026. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Stop by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center and learn more about the people who lived on the Wilderness Road frontier.
Jan. 10, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Keep an eye out near the Visitor Center for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.
Jan. 17, 2026. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Stop by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center and learn more about the people who lived on the Wilderness Road frontier.
Jan. 17, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Keep an eye out near the Visitor Center for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.
This event has been canceled.
Jan. 24, 2026. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Stop by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center and learn more about the people who lived on the Wilderness Road frontier.
This event has been canceled.
Jan. 24, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Keep an eye out near the Visitor Center for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.
Jan. 31, 2026. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center
Stop by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center and learn more about the people who lived on the Wilderness Road frontier.
Jan. 31, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Keep an eye out near the Visitor Center for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.
Feb. 7, 2026. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Join us as we build a beaver to find out if their teeth, and other body parts, are useful, or just a cruel joke played by Mother Nature.
Feb. 7, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
What's under that rock?
Feb. 13, 2026. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
As winter continues, it becomes harder for our feathery friends to find food.
Feb. 13, 2026. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Cove Ridge Center
Need a night out?
Feb. 14, 2026. 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Blockhouse Parking Lot
Join the park (and the world) in participating in the 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count held Friday, February 13, through Monday, February 16, 2024.
Feb. 14, 2026. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Is it love for life, within the animal kingdom?
Feb. 14, 2026. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Blockhouse Parking Lot
Description: Join a ranger for an eye-opening look at nature’s clean-up crew!
Feb. 21, 2026. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Did you know if Americans recycled one-tenth of their newspapers it would save 25 million trees a year?
Feb. 21, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Some Invasive species are pretty to look at, but they have a big impact on our native ecosystem.
Feb. 28, 2026. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center
Where do toads live?
Feb. 28, 2026. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Natural Tunnel State Park Wilderness Road Blockhouse
Stop by the Wilderness Road Blockhouse and step back in time to experience aspects of life on the frontier.
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