List of Virginia state parks

This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Virginia state park system.

Thumb — Breaks Canyon, located in Breaks Interstate Park

Virginia opened its entire state park system on 15 June 1936 as a six-park system. The six original state parks were Seashore State Park (now First Landing State Park), Westmoreland State Park, Staunton River State Park, Douthat State Park, Fairy Stone State Park, and Hungry Mother State Park. The park system now oversees 43 parks.^[1]

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Name	Location	Size^[1]	Established^[1]	Status	Remarks
Bear Creek Lake State Park	Cumberland	329 acres (1.33 km²)	1939	Open
Belle Isle State Park	Lancaster County	892 acres (3.61 km²)	1993	Open
Breaks Interstate Park	Breaks	4,500 acres (18 km²)	1954	Open
Caledon State Park	King George	2,587 acres (10.47 km²)	1974	Open
Chippokes State Park	Surry	1,947 acres (7.88 km²)	1967	Open
Claytor Lake State Park	Dublin	472 acres (1.91 km²)	1951	Open
Clinch River State Park	St. Paul	1,092 acres (4.42 km²)	2019	Open^[2]	As of January 2024^[update], two main properties are open to the public.
Culpeper Battlefields State Park	Culpeper	263 acres (1.06 km²)	2024	Open
Douthat State Park	Millboro	4,545 acres (18.39 km²)	1936	Open
Fairy Stone State Park	Stuart	4,741 acres (19.19 km²)	1936	Open
False Cape State Park	Virginia Beach	3,844 acres (15.56 km²)	1968	Open
First Landing State Park	Virginia Beach	2,888 acres (11.69 km²)	1936	Open	Originally Seashore State Park^[1]
Grayson Highlands State Park	Mouth of Wilson	4,502 acres (18.22 km²)	1965	Open
High Bridge Trail State Park	Farmville	1,236 acres (5.00 km²)	2006	Open
Holliday Lake State Park	Appomattox	560 acres (2.3 km²)	1939	Open
Hungry Mother State Park	Marion	3,334 acres (13.49 km²)	1939	Open
James River State Park	Gladstone	1,561 acres (6.32 km²)	1993	Open
Kiptopeke State Park	Cape Charles	562 acres (2.27 km²)	1992	Open
Lake Anna State Park	Spotsylvania County	3,127 acres (12.65 km²)	1972	Open
Leesylvania State Park	Woodbridge	556 acres (2.25 km²)	1975	Open
Machicomoco State Park	Gloucester	645 acres (2.61 km²)	2020	Open^[3]
Mason Neck State Park	Lorton	1,856 acres (7.51 km²)	1967	Open
Mayo River State Park	Spencer	617 acres (2.50 km²)	2009	Open
Middle Peninsula State Park	Lancaster County	408 acres (1.65 km²)	2006	Closed	Currently in conservation status^[4]
Natural Bridge State Park	Natural Bridge	1,540 acres (6.2 km²)	2016	Open
Natural Tunnel State Park	Duffield	909 acres (3.68 km²)	1967	Open
New River Trail State Park	Fosters Falls	1,217 acres (4.93 km²)	1987	Open
Occoneechee State Park	Clarksville	2,698 acres (10.92 km²)	1968	Open
Pocahontas State Park	Chesterfield	7,919 acres (32.05 km²)	1946	Open
Powhatan State Park	Powhatan	1,565 acres (6.33 km²)	2003	Open
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park	Rice	379 acres (1.53 km²)	1937	Open
Seven Bends State Park	Woodstock	1,066 acres (4.31 km²)	2004	Open
Shenandoah River Raymond R. "Andy" Guest Jr. State Park	Bentonville	1,619 acres (6.55 km²)	1994	Open
Shot Tower Historical State Park	Austinville	10 acres (0.040 km²)	1964	Open
Sky Meadows State Park	Delaplane	1,860 acres (7.5 km²)	1975	Open
Smith Mountain Lake State Park	Huddleston	1,248 acres (5.05 km²)	1967	Open
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park	Big Stone Gap	1.5 acres (0.0061 km²)	1943	Open
Staunton River State Park	Scottsburg	2,336 acres (9.45 km²)	1939	Open
Staunton River Battlefield State Park	Randolph	300 acres (1.2 km²)	1955	Open
Sweet Run State Park	Hillsboro	884 acres (3.58 km²)	2016	Open	Facilities under development
Tabb Monument	Amelia County	1 acre (0.0040 km²)	1936	Open
Twin Lakes State Park	Green Bay	548 acres (2.22 km²)	1936	Open
Westmoreland State Park	Montross	1,321 acres (5.35 km²)	1936	Open
Widewater State Park	Stafford	1,089 acres (4.41 km²)	2019	Open
Wilderness Road State Park	Ewing	327 acres (1.32 km²)	1993	Open
York River State Park	Williamsburg	2,954 acres (11.95 km²)	1969	Open

List of Virginia state parks

State parks

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