The Commonwealth of Virginia acquired the tunnel and 100 surrounding acres in 1967 from the Natural Tunnel Chasm and Caverns Corp. to establish Natural Tunnel State Park. Approximately 750 additional acres were later acquired and the park opened in 1971.
New River Trail State Park parallels 39 miles of the New River, the second oldest river in the world and one of the few flowing north.
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania?this is the bloodiest landscape in North America. No place more vividly reflects the Civil War?s tragic cost, in all its forms. A city bombarded, bloodied, and looted.
Located on 14, 000 acres, Green Springs National Historic Landmark District is located on the western piedmont of central Virginia.
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.
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.
Colonial National Historical Park (NHP) administers two of the most historically significant sites in English North America.
The George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) preserves the natural scenery along the Potomac River.
Manassas National Battlefield park was established in 1940 to preserve the scene of two major Civil War battles.
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 14, 000 acres.
Between 1861 and 1865, Union armies repeatedly set out to capture Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, and end the Civil War. Three of those campaigns came within a few miles of the city.
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.
Chincoteague NWR, located primarily on the Virginia side of Assateague Island, consists of more than 14, 000 acres of beach, dunes, marsh, and maritime forest.
Occoquan Bay NWR was established in 1998 and is situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Occoquan Rivers. This 644 acre refuge was previously a military research site and is part of the Potomac River NWR Complex.
Located across the entire western part of Virginia and the eastern part of West Virginia, lies the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The Forests are the largest publicly owned land base for recreation in the eastern United States.