Events in Virginia State Parks

Did you know you can make paper from paper?

Bug out and win cool prizes.

Have you ever wondered how snakes can swallow something as big as their own heads?

Secrets and spiders and campfires?

Stop by the Visitor Center to join our coloring party. Materials and coloring sheets will be provided.

Yes, you too can canoe!

Paint pretty pictures with prickly pines (try saying that five times fast).

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) developed patches that were used by the enrollees as a means to identify others of their duties.

Let us teach you all the basics you'll need to know to get yourself started with one of our most popular outdoor activities, from tying on your hook and tackle to casting your line.

The rangers will have a variety of craft materials available so you can let your creativity flow like Swift Creek. This program encourages artistic expression, enhances fine motor skills and encourages teamwork.

End your week with a relaxing paddle along Swift Creek Lake.

Stand in the shade of one of the most 'poplar' trees in the park as you learn about Swift Creek, native wildlife, and more about the park's history. The trail is hard packed earth with some challenging elevation changes on this easy-moderate 0.7-mile loop from the Visitor Center. Be sure to wear sturdy shoes, pack water/snacks, and dress for the weather.

It starts with an "s" and ends with a "t." It comes out of you, it comes out of me.

Have you ever wondered how snakes can swallow something as big as their own heads?

Secrets and spiders and campfires?

Read a tale as you walk the trail. Begin at the CCC Museum to begin your exploration and story time at your own pace.

Just how powerful is the sun?

Yes, you too can canoe!

Do you know what's living in our lake?

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

Cryptids (animals commonly not believed to be real) like the Moth Man may be folklore, but the cryptic adaptations of moths are very real.

Let us teach you all the basics you'll need to know to get yourself started with one of our most popular outdoor activities, from tying on your hook and tackle to casting your line.

The rangers will have a variety of craft materials available so you can let your creativity flow like Swift Creek. This program encourages artistic expression, enhances fine motor skills and encourages teamwork.

End your week with a relaxing paddle along Swift Creek Lake.

Use the power of the sun to capture the beauty of the park.

Come create your own fire starter for your next camping adventure.

Have you ever wondered how snakes can swallow something as big as their own heads?

Pocahontas Premieres, once again, is having its Mini Bluegrass Festival.

They're round and they're full of fiber but unless you're a termite, you can't eat these tree cookies.

Yes, you too can canoe!

It starts with an "s" and ends with a "t." It comes out of you, it comes out of me.

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

Have you ever wondered what flowers are blooming around us?

Let us teach you all the basics you'll need to know to get yourself started with one of our most popular outdoor activities, from tying on your hook and tackle to casting your line.

Learn to weave baskets out of loblolly pine needles found right here in the park.

End your week with a relaxing paddle along Swift Creek Lake.

How did a railroad give hope to a community and how does the creation of a park continue to offer that hope?

Paint pretty pictures with prickly pines (try saying that five times fast).

Have you ever wondered how snakes can swallow something as big as their own heads?

Secrets and spiders and campfires?

Kick off the summer with a new hobby.

Get your feet wet and explore life in the creek.

No, not those kind of tacos.

Yes, you too can canoe!

Does your pup have what it takes to be a B.A.R.K Ranger on National Dog Day!

Do you know what's living in our lake?

Let us teach you all the basics you'll need to know to get yourself started with one of our most popular outdoor activities, from tying on your hook and tackle to casting your line.

Just as caterpillars grow and change, our Caterpillar Club programs are designed to help your little one grow and change.

Did you know the water you drink was once consumed by dinosaurs?

End your week with a relaxing paddle along Swift Creek Lake.

Hike with a ranger to learn the basics of birding.

Refresh, renew, rejuvenate at Pocahontas State Park by expressing your poetic prowess on a ranger-led hike.

Have you ever wondered how snakes can swallow something as big as their own heads?

Secrets and spiders and campfires?

Want to know a secret?

It's National Eat Outside Day!

Who loves State Parks?

Take in the sounds of the Richmond Symphony at the Heritage Amphitheater while surrounded by the beauty of Pocahontas State Park.

The Beach Bumz are a Baltimore Maryland, Orlando Florida based Beach Tribute Band.

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by giving back to your park!

ZOSO The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience returns once again to rock the Heritage Amphitheater.