It’s National Park Week! Find A Park Near You!

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Photo: Sarah Evans

Yes, it seems like there’s a week or month or whatever for everything… but on National Park Week is kicking off with free admission to all National Parks April 19th & 20th.
Pretty cool!

Virginia has 22 national parks, and many are always free to the public. Check out the list of National Parks in Virginia below, if you’re willing to travel, you can find a park on the U.S. National Park Service website.  If you can’t make it out this weekend, try to visit one you’ve never been to before during National Park Week to enjoy our beautiful national parks.

Appalachian National Scenic Trail *

Appomattox Court House

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Assateague Island National Seashore *

Blue Ridge Parkway

Booker T Washington National Monument

Cape Henry Memorial

Captain John Smith Chesapeake

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove

Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network

Claude Moore Colonial Farm

Colonial National Historic Park *

Cumberland Gap

Fort Monroe

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

George Washington Memorial Parkway

George Washington Birthplace

Great Falls Park *

Green Springs

Harpers Ferry *

Historic Jamestowne *

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac

Maggie L Walker National Historic Site

Manassas Battlefield *

Overmountain Victory

Petersburg Battlefield *

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

Prince William Forest *

Richmond National Battlefield Park

Shenandoah National Park *

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Theodore Roosevelt Island

Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Yorktown Battlefield *

* denotes an entry fee.

 
What’s your favorite National Park?

Sarah Cole

Sarah is a full time working mom of three boys, Max, Hudson and Marlowe. In addition to working and parenting, Sarah has also been seen as an actress on the Richmond stage (and screen). She blogs lovingly but sporadically at SarahsMotherBlog.wordpress.com

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