National Parks - Virginia
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Scenic Trail Appomattox Court
House National Historical Park Arlington
House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Assateague Island National Seashore Blue Ridge Parkway Booker T. Washington
National Monument Cedar Creek & Belle Grove
National Historical Park Colonial National
Historical Park Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military
Park George Washington
Birthplace National Monument George Washington
Memorial Parkway Maggie L. Walker
National Historic Site Manassas National Battlefield Park Petersburg
National Battlefield Potomac Heritage
National Scenic Trail Prince William
Forest Park Richmond
National Battlefield Park Shenandoah National
Park Wolf Trap Farm Park
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This 2,158-mile footpath runs from Mount Katahdin in Maine to
Springer Mountain in Georgia, traversing 14 states.
Here on April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the
Confederacy's field army to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant.
This antebellum home of the Custis and Lee families overlooks
the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. Robert E. Lee lived in
this home for more than 30 years.
The 37-mile barrier island includes wild horses and more than 300 species of
birds.
Most visited site in the NPS system extends 469 miles through
the southern Appalachians of VA and NC, following crest of
the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Birthplace and early childhood home of the famous black
leader and educator. Pages include extensive information on
the Tuskegee Institute.
Commemorate a nationally significant Civil War landscape and antebellum
plantation by sharing the story of Shenandoah Valley history from early
settlement through the Civil War and beyond.
Includes most of Jamestown Island, site of the first
permanent English settlement (1607) and Yorktown, scene of
the culminating battle of the Revolution (1781).
Largest military park in the world features portions of four
Civil War Battlefields -- Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.
Includes a memorial mansion, gardens, and the tombs of
several generations of Washingtons.
Preserves the natural scenery along the Potomac River,
connecting the historic sites from Mount Vernon to the Great
Falls of the Potomac.
Commemorates the life of an ex-house slave's daughter who
became a bank president and a leading figure in the Richmond
black community.
The Battles of First and Second Manassas (Bull Run) were
fought here July 21, 1861 and August 28-30, 1862.
Setting for the longest siege in American history (9 1/2
months) when General Grant failed to capture Richmond in the
spring of 1864.
Recognizes and commemorates the mix of history and recreation
along the Potomac River.
One of the few remaining piedmont forest ecosystems in the
NPS, it covers a major portion of the Quantico Creek
watershed.
Commemorates 11 sites associated with the Union campaigns to
capture Richmond, including the battlefields at Gaines' Mill,
Malvern Hill, and Cold Harbor.
Park's Skyline Drive runs along the crest of a portion of the
Blue Ridge Mountains, affording spectacular vistas.
The Filene Center, an open-air performing arts pavilion, can
accommodate 6,786, including 3,000 on the sloping lawn in a
setting of rolling hills and woods.