Chippokes Plantation State Park is one of the oldest working farms in the United States. Chippokes is a living historical exhibit located in a rural agricultural area along the James River in Surry County.
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.
The land for this park was donated in 1975 by Paul Mellon of Upperville to the Commonwealth of Virginia. It consisted of 1, 132 acres.
The museum is housed in a mansion built in the 1880s by Rufus Ayers, a Virginia attorney general. The museum was acquired by the commonwealth in 1946 from the Slemp Foundation, established by C.
The historic Carlyle House was completed in 1753 by Scottish merchant John Carlyle for his bride, Sarah Fairfax of Belvoir, member of one of the most prestigious families in colonial Virginia.
Hemlock Overlook Center for Outdoor Education is jointly operated by George Mason University and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
This spacious park is scenically located on the Occoquan River diagonally across from the Town of Occoquan.
The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park is a linear park 100 feet wide and 45 miles long built on the old roadbed of the former W&OD Railroad.
The 223-acre park surrounds one of the smallest national cemeteries, where 54 Union soldiers are buried. The Potomac shoreline park also includes an 1861 Civil War battlefield and hiking trails.
FRYING PAN PARK is located at 2709 West Ox Road in Herndon. Frying Pan Park is home to Kidwell Farm, a working model farm typical of farms found in Fairfax County in the early 20th-century.
GREEN SPRING GARDENS PARK is located at 4603 Green Spring Road in Alexandria. The park has many different demonstration gardens, as well as a greenhouse and newly expanded horticulture center to provide visitors with ideas for home landscaping.
NOTTOWAY PARK is located at 9601 Courthouse Road in Vienna. At Nottoway Park, you can play tennis, basketball or volleyball, garden, picnic, work out on the fitness trail, or enjoy the quiet solitude of our wooded nature path.
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.