National Park System units in Virginia
Virginia has 22 National Park System units. The list below also includes 11 places the Park Service does not count as units of their own. Each one has its own page here with hours, current alerts, campgrounds and what there is to do.
Virginia in figures
- National Park System units
- 22
- Free to enter
- 17
- Recreation visits in 2025
- 39,574,041
- Busiest unit, 16,533,753 visits
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Campgrounds
- 35
A unit that reaches into another state counts in full here and in each other state it touches.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park, Fort Monroe National Monument and Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail report no 2025 count, so the visit total leaves them out.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
Parks near a city
Visits by year
Blue Ridge ParkwayGeorge Washington Memorial ParkwayAppalachian National Scenic TrailAssateague Island National SeashoreShenandoah National ParkColonial National Historical ParkFredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military ParkCumberland Gap National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical ParkPetersburg National BattlefieldManassas National Battlefield ParkWolf Trap National Park for the Performing ArtsArlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialPrince William Forest ParkRichmond National Battlefield ParkAppomattox Court House National Historical ParkGeorge Washington Birthplace National MonumentBooker T. Washington National MonumentMaggie L Walker National Historic Site
Fees, hours, alerts, campgrounds and activities are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.