State Parks & Natural Areas: Parks in Virginia Beach
First Landing, False Cape, and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge — wild coastal Virginia within city limits.
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All parksBack Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Immediately south of Sandbridge, Back Bay NWR protects thousands of acres of barrier-spit habitat — beach, dunes, maritime forest, and freshwater marsh — that…
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False Cape State Park
One of the last undeveloped stretches of the Atlantic coast — and you cannot drive to it. False Cape occupies the barrier spit between Back Bay and the ocean,…
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First Landing State Park
Virginia's most-visited state park packs a genuine wilderness into the city's northern corner: 20 miles of trails through maritime forest, bald cypress swamp,…
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- Wheelchair Accessible