Virginia Parks and Recreation Areas with Biking / Bicycling

Petersburg, Virginia, became the setting for the longest siege in American history when General Ulysses S. Grant failed to capture Richmond in the spring of 1864. Grant settled in to subdue the Confederacy by surrounding Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines into Petersburg and Richmond. read more...

Phone: (804) 732-3531   Price Range: $3 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Petersburg   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Battlefield   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Auto Touring   Details Provided By: Petersburg National Battlefield

Great Falls Park, a site that is part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, is an 800 acre park located along the Potomac River 14 miles upriver from Washington D.C. The park is known for two things, its scenic beauty at the head of Potomac River fall line and the historic Patowmack Canal. read more...

Phone: 703-285-2965   Price Range: $3 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: McLean   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Cross Country Skiing, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Whitewater Rafting, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Great Falls Park

Shenandoah National Park lies astride a beautiful section of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which form the eastern rampart of the Appalachian Mountains between Pennsylvania and Georgia. The Shenandoah River flows through the valley to the west, with Massanutten Mountain, 40 miles long, standing between the river's north and south forks. read more...

Phone: 540-999-3500   Price Range: $5 - $10   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Luray   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Rock Climbing, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Shenandoah National Park

The George Washington Memorial Parkway preserves the natural scenery along the Potomac River. It connects the historic sites from Mount Vernon, where Washington lived, past the nation's capital, which he founded, and to the Great Falls of the Potomac where the President demonstrated his skill as an engineer. read more...

Phone: 703-289-2500   Price Range: $3 - $20   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: McLean   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: State Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: George Washington Memorial Parkway

The Memorial is located in Lady Bird Johnson Park, a Potomac River island in Washington, D.C. The grove consists of two parts. The first area, commemorative in nature, is a granite monolith surrounded by a serpentine pattern of walks and trails. The second area is a grass meadow and provides a tranquil refuge for reflection and rejuvination of the spirit. read more...

Phone: 703-289-2500   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: McLean   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Boating and Watercraft   Details Provided By: Lydon Baines Memorial on the Potomac

Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania this is the bloodiest landscape in North America. No place more vividly reflects the Civil Wars tragic cost, in all its forms. A city bombarded, bloodied, and looted. Farms large and small ruined. Refugees by the thousands forced to the countryside. read more...

Phone: 540 373-4510   Price Range: $1 - $2   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Fredericksburg   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Military Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Hiking, Auto Touring   Details Provided By: Fredericksburg Spotsylvania

The Civil War (1861-1865) remains the central, most defining event in American history. Richmond, Virginia, was at the heart of the conflict. As the industrial and political capital of the Confederacy, Richmond was the physical and psychological prize over which two mighty American armies contended in bloody battle from 1861 to 1865. read more...

Phone: (804)226-1981   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Richmond   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Battlefield   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Auto Touring   Details Provided By: Richmond National Battlefield Park

The birthplace of George Washington has been a place of pilgrimage since 1815. Visitors from all over the world have come to see where the first President of the United States was born. Today this 550-acre park memorializes George Washington and the place of his birth. read more...

Phone: 804-224-1732   Price Range: $0 - $4   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Colonial Beach   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Fishing, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks   Details Provided By: George Washington Birthplace

Colonial National Historical Park administers, two of the most historically significant sites in English North America. Historic Jamestowne, the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607, jointly administered with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and Yorktown Battlefield, the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1781. read more...

Phone: 757-898-3400   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Yorktown   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Fishing, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Colonial National Historical Park

Established in 1936, Prince William Forest Park, Located in Prince William County, Virginia, is the largest protected natural area in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region at over 15,000+ acres. Today, the park is a window into the past, of what much of the east coast once looked like centuries ago. read more...

Phone: 703-221-4706   Price Range: $3 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Triangle   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Cross Country Skiing, Fishing, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Prince William Forest Park