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When State Park Director Joe Elton watched the Ken Burns documentary on the National Parks last year he couldn't help but think that America's

When you visit the Festival of Trees at the Big Stone Gap, VA, you realize the importance of community participation. Over 80 trees, mantels, and

While some college students venture south to warm beaches for spring break, others want to give back and have new experiences.An adventurous group

While the weather was not perfect statewide, most Virginia State Park visitors enjoyed unseasonably warm weather to usher in the New Year with a

Who will be the first citizen to walk across the newly decked and completed High Bridge – the namesake of Virginia’s newest state park?

Whodunnit? More like who-woulda-thunk-it. Utilizing volunteers, members of their Friends support group and a select group from their own staff,

With 36 state parks to choose from across Virginia how do you choose which one to visit? Every park is usually described as, “there’s

We are featuring the winning photographs from our here. In the Flora category, Carrie Sheya took the best photograph "Peek a Boo" at

We are featuring the winning photographs from our here. There were some amazing photographs submitted to the Four Seasons category that celebrate