Welcome to Friends of
Occoneechee State Park
Welcome to the
Friends of
The friends are a group of volunteers registered with
Friends serve as volunteers at events and activities, as a non-profit fund-raising arm for improvements not funded by government, and, to help keep the park and the community in sync.
Important Dates for Special Events
Saturday, May 8th, Native American Pow-Wow
Saturday & Sunday, May 15th & 16th, Jazz by the Lake
Friends of Occoneechee Continue to Raise Funds for Park Projects
At the Pow-Wow & the Jazz by the Lake Festival, members of the Friends of Occoneechee State Park raise funds selling water, drinks, and snack concessions. Weather, temperature and sunlight play a part in the sales, but the group has been enthusiastically working for special project funds like improvements to the Occoneechi Plantation Site on the park property. Plans are being implemented to set representative plantings around what was the plantation house and also improve terrace plantings.
Continuing work at the Terrace Gardens makes for resourceful additions. Entry columns now adorn the garden entrance as the outline of the plantation home has been enhanced with new planting around the grounds and on several of the five terraces.
(Photos courtesy RF Timberlake & Company)
Sunset at Occoneechee State Park. The days are getting longer. Come and visit your park by the lake! (Photo courtesy of Linda Timberlake)
(Photos courtesy of Park Staff)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Virginia State Parks, by design, serve visitors on a radius of one hour's drive. Occoneechee State Park offers so many extraordinary features & activities that visitors come from that much farther than an hour's drive, North Carolina and many other states.
To see what Occoneechee & other Virginia parks offer, visit the new web address
www.virginiastateparks.gov
Besides being a Friends member, did you know there are several other volunteer programs working at Occoneechee? Improvements at Occoneechee & other VA State Parks are made by young people who work in the Youth Conservation Corps. The folks who greet you and keep a general check on things are actually volunteers through the CampHost program.
Maybe you can't volunteer or join as a Friends member. You can still help by sending a donation to the Friends of
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FRIENDS OF
The Friends of
Those projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Sponsor Fall Haunted Hike
- Sponsor First Easter Field Games
- Terrace Gardens/Occoneechee
- Amphitheater improvements
- Purchase canoes and equipment
to expand interpretive
program offerings
- Upgrade lighting at main boat ramp
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Occoneechee State Park is one of the great natural resource and recreational treasures
in wonderful Southside Virginia. The park and its staff proudly serves multiple recreational venues for the community, the region, the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond!
Email info@friendsofocconeecheestatepark.org
or call (434) 374-2210 for details.
Friends of Occoneechee State Park, 1192 Occoneechee Park Rd., Clarksville, Va. 23927