Events in Virginia State Parks

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.

Meet Natural Tunnel's wildlife ambassador, Popcorn the corn snake.

Keep an eye out around the campgrounds before the welcome campfire for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.

Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.

Get down and dirty with this two-hour wild cave tour.

Celebrate National Trails Day at Natural Tunnel State Park by taking your walking stick to the next level.

Over 200 years ago, early adventurers like Daniel Boone walked these same hills and valleys we see today.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Over 200 years ago, early adventurers like Daniel Boone walked these same hills and valleys we see today.

Did you know that the tunnel used to be a cave?

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Spend a relaxing afternoon surrounded by plants and fresh air in the Jean Livingston Brown Demonstration garden. Learn about pollinators, starting seeds, weeding, composting and more. .

Producing textiles, basketry, pottery, woodworking and many more crafts and trades were vital to success in early America.

Meet Natural Tunnel's wildlife ambassador, Popcorn the corn snake.

Keep an eye out around the campgrounds before the welcome campfire for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.

Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.

Get down and dirty with this two-hour wild cave tour.

Hear the tale of star-crossed lovers that the trail is named after and view the tunnel from above.

Step back in time and participate in games played in the 18th century.

Over 200 years ago, early adventurers like Daniel Boone walked these same hills and valleys we see today.

Stop by the Visitor Center and have the opportunity to view the sun through a telescope.

Stop by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center and learn more about the people who lived on the Wilderness Road frontier.

Ever wonder what dolls of the 18th century frontier looked like or what they were made of?

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Spend a relaxing afternoon surrounded by plants and fresh air in the Jean Livingston Brown Demonstration garden. Learn about pollinators, starting seeds, weeding, composting and more. .

Meet Natural Tunnel's wildlife ambassador, Popcorn the corn snake.

Keep an eye out around the campgrounds before the welcome campfire for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.

Join us at the Community Fire Ring to relax, enjoy a roasted marshmallow, and get to know your camping neighbors.

Get down and dirty with this two-hour wild cave tour.

Producing textiles, basketry, pottery, woodworking and many more crafts and trades were vital to success in early America.

This land-based, hook-free fishing game is a fun and safe way to learn how to cast, but even those who are fishing fanatics will enjoy trying to beat out the competition in this game of limited resources. There is no actual fishing during this game.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Over 200 years ago, early adventurers like Daniel Boone walked these same hills and valleys we see today.

Virginia is home to a very smart, and often mischievous animal, Ursus americanus, or the American Black Bear.

Description: Join a ranger for an eye-opening look at nature’s clean-up crew!

Meet Natural Tunnel's wildlife ambassador, Popcorn the corn snake.

Keep an eye out around the campgrounds for a ranger carrying a fascinating historical or natural item from the park.

Ever wonder what goes on at night in a park?

Have you ever wondered what lies under your feet?

Why should we want to create spaces for bees and other pollinators?

Mussels play a huge part in our watershed.

Over 200 years ago, early adventurers like Daniel Boone walked these same hills and valleys we see today.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, or is that a bat?

This summer’s Outdoor Theater and Music night at the Amphitheater will emphasize music.

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Take a lantern lit chairlift ride down to the naturally made tunnel.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Stop by the Visitor Center and have the opportunity to view the sun through a telescope.

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

10 and 2, 10 and 2, get into the rhythm of fly fishing.

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Ever wonder what goes on at night in a park?

Spend time paddling down the Clinch River.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Stop by the Visitor Center and have the opportunity to view the sun through a telescope.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Ever wonder what goes on at night in a park?

Take a lantern lit chairlift ride down to the naturally made tunnel.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Stop by the Visitor Center and have the opportunity to view the sun through a telescope.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Ever wonder what goes on at night in a park?

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Calling all amateur astronomers and people who enjoy the night sky! Join Natural Tunnel State Park astronomy volunteers and fellow astro-enthusiasts to mingle and observe what the night sky has to offer together.  These "parties" will take place at the Gazebo - the best viewing platform for the sky in the park and is meant to gather those whose goal is to observe, photograph and appreciate the night sky.

Stop by the Visitor Center and have the opportunity to view the sun through a telescope.

Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky.

Ever wonder what goes on at night in a park?

Enjoy a self-guided tour as you walk down to see the Natural Tunnel.

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.

Stop by the Visitor Center and pick up a copy of a self-guided brochure on the “Common Trees of Virginia”.

Introduced by the National Parks, B.A.R.K.