A beloved holiday tradition, the Festival of Trees celebrates its 28th year.

Represent your business, club, or organization this year at Natural Bridge State Park's 8th annual Festival of Trees and help worthy causes.

#OptOutside and learn about the various raptors commonly found around Twin Lakes State Park.

During the Festival of Trees, local organizations are asked to decorate a holiday tree to represent themselves in the community.

Get ready to see nature like never before when you borrow an Adventure Backpack from the visitor center for free.  The visitor center allows guest to check out backpacks Thursday through Sunday so you can explore many different topics, like:          -Nature Discovery         -Birding         -Young Explorer         -Insects              -Nature Art         -Ponds and Streams         You can check out backpacks for two hour time slots.

Forgo the shopping and take a hike with a park ranger and Latino Outdoors members.

When visiting the park in November, Ranger by Request programs gives families or groups a chance to engage in fun activities in the fall/winter season.

Learn the legend behind the naturally occurring stone cross formations, and travel to the special location in the park to search for your own "fairy stone." After a short presentation on what you will be looking for, we will travel to the site.

This November park rangers are taking you to the trails.

Learn some of the trade secrets of what it takes to create the perfect "Fairy Stone" that everyone is looking for.

Join us at beautiful Staunton River Battlefield State Park for a walk along our trails with a local Virginia Master Naturalist and see what incredible things nature is doing this week in and around the park.

Start a new tradition the Friday after Thanksgiving and #OptOutside at False Cape State Park.

Join us for a magical and entertaining view of one of our most treasured holidays at the Karlan Mansion.

Discover how Virginia’s First Peoples made pinch pots.

Invaders are taking over Fairy Stone State Park and your own backyard.

To kick off this year's Christmas Lighting event the park will provide this one day special offer that will help those in need in our community.

Grab your binoculars and get outside.  Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy will lead these monthly hikes to discover and identify birds at Sweet Run State Park. We will explore parts of this beautiful 900 acre preserve and see what lives in and visits its diverse habitats.

Would you like to have the chance to explore the trails in Powhatan State Park and meet new people?

Make your very own unique and awesome rustic driftwood Christmas tree.

Come out to the park and enjoy the fresh air while building memories together with your favorite wee people!

Some of Virginia's coolest mammals are rarely seen by humans.

It is that time of year we begin thinking about the Winter holidays.

What is the oldest way of cooking?

Holiday wreaths are beautiful, diverse, extravagant or quaint, and often handmade classic decorations that have come to represent that good old holiday cheer and spirit.

Come explore the Fairy Stone State Park 2nd Annual Holiday Market during small business Saturday.

This historical building tour is designed to highlight the architecture of the time, designs, furnishings, special touches, ornate decor, and stories within the walls of the Jones-Stewart Mansion.

Who was Elizabeth Hartwell?

Familiar forests seem to become new places as seasons change.

Learn the legend behind the naturally occurring stone cross formations, and travel to the special location in the park to search for your own "fairy stone." After a short presentation on what you will be looking for, we will travel to the site.

Join our instructors who will teach the basics of archery safety and technique on recurve and compound bows.

A fox, a bird, and frog get ready for winter, but each of them prepares differently.

Winter Trams at False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge offer the unique opportunity to observe and experience the incredible migration of waterfowl.

Discover the art of journaling in the wild with a ranger.

There's something happening in White Oak Swamp, Beavers!

Toads, turtles, and snakes - oh my!

Step back in time with us as we uncover the stories of those at rest in the historic cemetery and honor the families who lived on the land where the park now sits.

Learn some of the trade secrets of what it takes to create the perfect "Fairy Stone" that everyone is looking for.

Try your hand at net making and learn more about the indigenous people that once used the park as seasonal fishing grounds.

What would a tree tell us?

Bows and arrows have been a part of human society for thousands of years and used for both survival and sport.

🌳🐍 WIDE WATER STATE PARK PRESENTS: "SNAKES ALIVE" 🐍🌳 Join us Saturday at 2:30 pm for an unforgettable experience at Wide Water State Park's "Snakes Alive" program!

Model and observe the different stages of a trees life, from seedling to sapling to a mature tree, and discover how important trees are to the life around them.  Parks are for everyone.

Join a ranger to learn about one of the many birds that call Belle Isle home, the Turkey!

Join us for a magical and entertaining view of one of our most treasured holidays at the Karlan Mansion.

When a tree falls in the forest, what happens next?

Join us for an evening program about the soaring predators that hunt from the sky at night, including learning different owl calls, adaptations, and a chance to dissect an owl pellet.

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.

Play classic Hide-and-Seek with a modern twist!

Happy National Family Literacy Month.

The harvest season is upon us!

Pasture Pals is a special program at Chippokes, where guests are introduced to and able to spend quality time with our ambassador farm animals.  Have you ever wondered exactly why donkeys have such long ears?

When visiting the park in November, Ranger by Request programs gives families or groups a chance to engage in fun activities in the fall/winter season.

Create your own up-cycled Nature Journal!   Keeping a Nature Journal is one way of memory keeping.  You don't have to be an artist to journal, it could be filled with stickers from parks, poems, or lists of what you saw.   Journals are as unique as the individuals using them. .

Hit the trail with one of our rangers to see which birds of Fairy Stone State Park are hiding in plain sight along Oak Hickory Trail.

Enjoy historical interpretation inside the Brick Kitchen to learn more about this ancient, practical, and culinary craft tradition that is at the center of European cuisine.

This historical building tour is designed to highlight the architecture of the time, designs, furnishings, special touches, ornate decor, and stories within the walls of the Jones-Stewart Mansion.

Create a hand-made, nature-inspired souvenir to take home.

The history of the corn husk doll dates back to Native American craftsmanship, belief systems, and of course the art of storytelling.

Ever wonder what kind of mushrooms you're seeing as you hike the park?

The Green Arrow?

Join us for a magical and entertaining view of one of our most treasured holidays at the Karlan Mansion.

Come as a family, with friends, or as a team of one to compete in a quest for all ages.

Take time away from the busy holidays to #OptOutside and become a steward of nature.

Join an interpreter to learn about the fairies that used to live at Fairy Stone State Park.

Join this ranger and/or volunteer-guided bike ride to High Bridge and back with bonus views of the full moon.

With over two thousand acres, the park has a wide variety of life in the wetlands and woods.  Meet with our naturalist/ranger who will help you discover the aquatic, insect, mammal, and plant life in the park’s ecosystems.

Join a ranger-led hike to catch glimpses of the full moon.

The Fairfield Foundation opens the Timberneck house for free walk-in tours every Tuesday.

Join a ranger for the first fossil hike of the year!

Learn some of the trade secrets of what it takes to create the perfect "Fairy Stone" that everyone is looking for.

Join us at beautiful Staunton River Battlefield State Park for a walk along our trails with a local Virginia Master Naturalist and see what incredible things nature is doing this week in and around the park.

Take a closer look at Bear Creek Lake.

The park offers one of the few 3D archery ranges in the Central Virginia region.

Bear Creek Lake State Park hosts many different bird species throughout the seasons, whether they choose to make their homes in the park or they are just stopping in for a visit. We invite anyone from beginners to full-fledged ornithologists and everyone in-between to discover various bird here at the park.

This year Claytor Lake State Park is celebrating 75 years of making memories. Take a hike back in time by visiting our tour points located at the same location as our collection of photos and videos from past years at Claytor Lake State Park and Claytor Lake.

Within the trail system lies the Troop 244 5K Cross Country Trail.

Kiptopeke State Park invites visitors ages 4+ to become a Junior Ranger.  By completing the Junior Ranger Booklet kids will take the Junior Ranger Pledge to preserve and protect our parks, and earn their Junior Ranger badge!

Ever wonder what that old motel sign is doing in the park, or why there are concrete ships off the fishing pier?

Help us keep our trails beautiful.

If you are interested in placing an order for Seven Bends State Park merchandise, please email the park at sevenbends@dcr.virginia.gov to get the conversation started.

A new discovery awaits your family with Sky Meadows' Discovery Backpacks.

Discover the different habitats Sky Meadows has to offer on our Kids in Park's TRACK Trail!

Experience geocaching at Sky Meadows State Park with three brand new caches.

Our Junior Ranger brochure allow kids the option of achieving a badge on their own through supervised self-guided activities, or by attending a few park activities, such as nature programs, when scheduled. The brochures are available at the park office during office hours.

Belle Isle State Park has some great activities that you can do on your own schedule.

Belle Isle State Park is looking for the next generation of ranger, are you ready to give it a try?

Help ensure years of great fishing at Claytor Lake by recycling your old Christmas tree at the park.

Contribute to citizen science by helping us create a time lapse of this mysterious site.

Biking is a wonderful activity to do here in the park.

Smith Mountain Lake is the perfect location for fishing.

Are you looking for a great activity for the kids that is both fun and educational?

Discover the secrets of the park through geocaching.

The park has over 12 miles of beautiful hiking trails that range in difficulty from easy to moderate.

Witness the amphibian life cycle and see aquatic invertebrates up-close when you join us in this partnership program with our local Central Piedmont Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists (CPVMN).

Join us on a real or virtual hike through Claytor Lake State Park as we take a closer look at some of the beautiful native trees.

The Staunton River Scavenger Hunt is a self-guided program that you can enjoy with family and friends.

Pick up the Staunton River State Park bird identification list in the Visitor Center for this self-guided program.

Pick up the Junior Ranger booklet at the Visitor Center to begin this self-guided program.

Pick up this Ranger Quest guide at the Visitor Center to begin this self-guided program.

Did you know that Haven Howe was an early advocate for environmental reform in Virginia? Participate in person or virtually as we examine the fine craftsmanship of the Howe House and learn of its builder, inhabitants, and history.