Spring: Spring offers outdoor lovers a bevy of activities as temperatures warm and foliage and wildflowers bloom throughout the state. From quintessential beach vacations to kick-start summer to plenty of outdoor adventure in national and state parks to experience, there is something to do in every region of the state - from the Atlantic coast to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Virginia State Parks are perfect respites for spring outdoor fun and have consistently rated the best in the nation. Families will find that each of the 35 state parks are as diverse as the state itself, with parks found along the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, on historic sites, in the Blue Ridge Mountains or just outside of major cities.
Hiking lovers can enjoy the multitude of trails to choose from throughout the state including more than 500 miles of the famed Appalachian Trail. Each spring in Virginia hiking lovers can experience the world's greatest hiking festival - Trail Days in Damascus - known as Trail Town, USA. The celebration is a well-known Appalachian Trail thru-hikers reunion and ultimate party for more than 20,000 hiking enthusiasts. Spring also offers birders the chance to spot various birds during the height of the spring Neotropical songbird migration at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Birding Festival in Suffolk or the International Migratory Bird Celebration at Chincoteague Island.