Virginia Parks and Recreation Areas with Hiking

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

Manassas National Battlefield park was established in 1940 to preserve the scene of two major Civil War battles. Located a few miles north of the prized railroad junction of Manassas, Virginia, the peaceful Virginia countryside bore witness to clashes between the armies of the North and South in 1861 and 1862. read more...

Phone: 703-361-1339   Price Range: $3 - $20   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Manassas   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Battlefield   Activities: Birding, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Manassas National Battlefield 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

Walk the old country lanes where Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States forces, on April 9, 1865. Imagine the events that signaled the end of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. read more...

Phone: 434-352-8987   Price Range: $0 - $4   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Appomattox   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Appomattox Court House

On April 5, 1856, a child who later called himself Booker T. Washington, was born in slavery on this 207-acre tobacco farm. The realities of life as a slave in piedmont Virginia, the quest by African Americans for education and equality, and the post-war struggle over political participation all shaped the options and choices of Booker T. Washington. read more...

Phone: 540-721-2094   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Hardy   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Booker T. Washington

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 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

After Roosevelt's death on January 6, 1919, citizens wanted to establish a memorial in his honor. The 91 acre wooded island in the Potomac seemed the perfect place. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association purchased the island in 1932. Congress approved funds in 1960 and the memorial was dedicated on October 27, 1967. 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: Birding, Fishing, Hiking, Nature Walks   Details Provided By: Theodore Roosevelt Island Park