List of Virginia state parks

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Breaks Canyon, located in Breaks Interstate Park.

This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Virginia state park system.

Virginia opened its entire state park system on June 15, 1936 as a six-park system. The six originals state parks were Seashore State Park (now First Landing State Park), Westmoreland State Park, Staunton River State Park, Douthat State Park, Fairy Stone State Park, and Hungry Mother State Park.

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Douthat Lake, located in Douthat State Park.

False Cape State Park's Back Bay.

Fog on a lake in Hungry Mother State Park.

View from Sky Meadows State Park.

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Name	Location	Size (Acres)
Bear Creek Lake State Park	Cumberland, Virginia	326.4
Belle Isle State Park	Lancaster County, Virginia	733
Breaks Interstate Park	Breaks, Virginia	4,500
Chippokes Plantation State Park	Surry, Virginia	1,683
Claytor Lake State Park	Dublin, Virginia	472
Douthat State Park	Millboro, Virginia	4,493
Fairy Stone State Park	Stuart, Virginia	4,537
False Cape State Park	Virginia Beach, Virginia	4,321
First Landing State Park	Virginia Beach, Virginia	2,888
Grayson Highlands State Park	Mouth of Wilson, Virginia	4,822
Holliday Lake State Park	Appomattox, Virginia	250
Hungry Mother State Park	Marion, Virginia	2,200
James River State Park	Gladstone, Virginia	1,500
Kiptopeke State Park	Cape Charles, Virginia	540
Lake Anna State Park	Spotsylvania, Virginia	2,810
Leesylvania State Park	Woodbridge, Virginia	508
Mason Neck State Park	Lorton, Virginia	1,814
Natural Tunnel State Park	Duffield, Virginia	850
New River Trail State Park	Fosters Falls, Virginia	765
Occoneechee State Park	Clarksville, Virginia	2,698
Pocahontas State Park	Chesterfield, Virginia	7,691
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park	Rice, Virginia	321
Shenandoah River State Park	Bentonville, Virginia	1,604
Shot Tower Historical State Park	Austinville, Virginia	254
Sky Meadows State Park	Delaplane, Virginia	1,862
Smith Mountain Lake State Park	Huddleston, Virginia	1,248
Southwest Virginia Museum State Park	Big Stone Gap, Virginia	1/2 block
Staunton River State Park	Scottsburg, Virginia	1,597
Staunton River Battlefield State Park	Randolph, Virginia	300
Tabb Monument State Park	Amelia County, Virginia
Twin Lakes State Park	Green Bay, Virginia	495
Westmoreland State Park	Montross, Virginia	1,299
Wilderness Road State Park	Ewing, Virginia	~200
York River State Park	Williamsburg, Virginia	2,550

[edit] See also

List of U.S. national parks

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Virginia State Parks

v • d • e Protected Areas of Virginia

Units of the National Park Service and affiliated areas	Appalachian Trail • Appomattox Court House NHP • Arlington House • Assateague Island NS • Blue Ridge Parkway • Booker T. Washington NM • Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT • Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Claude Moore Colonial Farm • Colonial NHP • Cumberland Gap NHP • Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP • George Washington Memorial Parkway • George Washington Birthplace NM • Great Falls Park • Green Spring District • Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac • Maggie L. Walker NHS • Manassas NBP • Overmountain Victory NHT • Petersburg NB • Potomac Heritage Trail • Prince William Forest Park • Richmond NBP • Shenandoah NP • Wolf Trap

National cemeteries	Alexandria • Arlington • Balls Bluff • City Point • Cold Harbor • Culpeper • Danville • Fort Harrison • Fredericksburg • Glendale • Hampton • Hampton VA • Poplar Grove • Quantico • Richmond • Seven Pines • Staunton • Winchester • Yorktown

National Wildlife Refuges	Back Bay • Chincoteague • Eastern Shore of Virginia • Mason Neck • Featherstone • Fisherman Island • Great Dismal Swamp • James River • Nansemond • Occoquan Bay • Plum Tree Island • Presquile • Rappahannock River Valley • Wallops Island

National Forests and affiliated areas	George Washington • Jefferson • Mount Rogers National Recreation Area • Mountain Lake Wilderness

State parks	Bear Creek Lake • Belle Isle • Breaks Interstate • Caledon Natural Area • Chippokes Plantation • Claytor Lake • Douthat • Fairy Stone • False Cape • First Landing • Grayson Highlands • High Bridge Trail • Holliday Lake • Hungry Mother • James River • Kiptopeke • Lake Anna • Leesylvania • Mason Neck • Natural Tunnel • New River Trail • Occoneechee • Pocahontas • Sailor's Creek Battlefield • Shot Tower • Shenandoah River • Sky Meadows • Smith Mountain Lake • Southwest Virginia Museum • Staunton River • Staunton River Battlefield • Tabb Monument • Twin Lakes • Westmoreland • Wilderness Road • York River

State forests	Appomattox-Buckingham • Bourassa • Browne • Channels • Chilton Woods • Conway-Robinson • Crawfords • Cumberland • Devil's Backbone • Dragon Run • Hawks • Lesesne • Matthews • Niday Place • Paul • Prince Edward-Gallion • Sandy Point • Whitney • Zoar

Natural area preserves	Antioch Pines • Bethel Beach • Big Spring Bog • Blackwater • Buffalo Mountain • Bull Run Mountains • Bush Mill Stream • Camp Branch Wetlands • Cape Charles Coastal Habitat • The Cedars • The Channels • Cherry Orchard Bog • Chestnut Creek Wetlands • Chestnut Ridge • Chotank Creek • Chub Sandhill • Cleveland Barrens • Clover Hollow • Cowbane Prairie • Crow's Nest • Cumberland Marsh • Dameron Marsh • Deep Run Ponds • Dendron Swamp • Difficult Creek • Elklick Woodlands • False Cape • Folly Mills Creek Fen • Goshen Pass • Grafton Ponds • Grassy Hill • Grayson Glades • Hickory Hollow • Hughlett Point • Johnsons Creek • Magothy Bay • Mark's and Jack's Island • Mount Joy Pond • Mutton Hunk Fen • Naked Mountain • New Point Comfort • New Landing River • Northwest River • Ogdens Cave • Parkers Marsh • Parramore Island • Pedlars Hill • Pinnacle • Poor Mountain • Red Rock Mountain • Savage Neck Dunes • Unthanks Cave • William B. Trower Bayshore • Wreck Island

Wildlife management areas	Amelia • Big Survey • Briery Creek • Chester F. Phelps • Cavalier • Chickahominy • Clinch Mountain • Crooked Creek • Dick Cross • Fairystone Farms • Featherfin • G. Richard Thompson • Game Farm Marsh • Goshen and Little North Mountain • Hardware River • Havens • Hidden Valley • Highland • Hog Island • Horsepen Lake • James River • Land's End • Mockhorn Island • Pettigrew • Powhatan • Princess Anne • Ragged Island • Rapidan • Saxis • Stewarts Creek • T. M. Gathright • Turkeycock • Weston • White Oak Mountain

Registered Historic Places in Virginia	Counties A-B • C • D-G • H-M • N-R • S-Z • • Bridges • • National Historic Landmarks

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation • Virginia Department of Forestry • Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries • Virginia Landmarks Register