National Park Sites in Virginia
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Appomattox Court House NHP, Arlington House, The Robert E Lee Memorial
Assateague Island. National Seashore, Blue Ridge Parkway, Booker
T Washington NM,
Booker T Washington National Monument, Cape Henry Memorial, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP,
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, Claude Moore Colonial Farm Colonial NHP, Cumberland Gap,
National Historical Park, Fredericksburg
National Cemetery, Fredericksburg &
Spotsylvania National Military Park,
George Washington, Memorial Parkway, George Washington Birthplace National Monument,
Great Falls Park,
Green Springs Jamestown National Historic Site, Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the
Potomac,
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site,
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail,
Petersburg National Battlefield, Poplar Grove National,Cemetery, Potomac Heritage National, Scenic Trail,
Prince William Forest Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Shenandoah National, Park,
Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Yorktown National Cemetery,
Yorktown Battlefield
Park Name Origin:
The name of the park and the valley to the west of the Blue Ridge, Shenandoah, is an
Indian word meaning "Daughter of the Stars", and is especially appropriate for
this very beautiful part of the state of Virginia.
Fun State Facts:
An impressive engineering feat when it was built between 1931 and 1939, Skyline Drive runs
105 miles along the Blue Ridge from the northern border of Shenandoah Park near Front
Royal to the southern boundaries of the park where it becomes the Blue Ridge Parkway,
destined for Smoky Mountain National Park. While in Virginia visit the Historic Area of
Colonial Williamsburg. First Landing State Park is located by the Chesapeake Bay. The
park, which is Virginia’s most visited state park, is nestled in Virginia Beach. Do
not forget Historic Jamestown.
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