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WELCOME TO DOUTHAT STATE PARK. To make your visit GUESTS - Your guests are our guests. For everyone’s safety PARKING - Only two motor vehicles, as well as the camp- safe and more pleasant, we ask that you observe and security, please register all visitors with the park ing unit, are permitted on a campsite without incurring Virginia State Parks the following: office. Visitors will not be admitted to camping and cabin additional fees. Cabin guests are allowed two vehicles for areas unless so identified. Visitors are permitted only a one or two-bedroom cabin, three vehicles for a three- Take only pictures, leave only footprints. Park in between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. bedroom cabin and six vehicles for a six-bedroom cabin designated areas only. Please note there is a parking per day without an additional parking fee charge. Those QUIET HOURS - Quiet hours are between 10 p.m. and 6 fee charged year-round at all Virginia State Parks. Honor with additional vehicles must pay the established parking a.m. The use of generators is prohibited at all times. parking information is found at the park entrance. fee for each day the vehicle is in the park. The number of vehicles allowed to park at the cabin varies according to Douthat PRESERVE – Help preserve your park. Please don’t cut or CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT POLICY site design and other factors. All vehicles must be parked mar any plants or trees. Collecting animal or plant life is Camping: Check-in 4 p.m. Check-out 1 p.m. in designated areas, either at the cabin or in the desig- allowed only for scientific purposes by permit from the Cabins: Check-in 4 p.m. Check-out 10 a.m. nated overflow parking area. Primitive and hike-in sites State Park Richmond headquarters. Don’t feed any wild animals. may have park specific parking restrictions. ALCOHOL - State law permits alcohol use only in private Millboro, Virginia In many cases, campers may be accommodated prior to areas (inside your cabin or camping unit) or in areas The maximum camping stay per park is 14 days the official check-in. Please remember that only those 18 designated on permits issued by the Virginia Department in any 30-day period. or older may register. The registrant is responsible for of Alcoholic Beverage Control. all occupants of the campsite or cabin. Feel free to arrive PARK ACCESSIBILITY - We strive to make each park as PETS - Pets are permitted in enclosed areas or on a leash early and enjoy park amenities prior to check-in. barrier-free as possible. Universally accessible facilities no longer than 6 feet. Please clean up after your pet. Pets If you decide to leave the park before the end of your are available throughout Virginia State Parks. may not be left unattended at any time. overnight stay, you may be entitled to a refund based on EMERGENCY - Emergency phone numbers are posted at DRONES AND OTHER AIRCRAFT - Drones, other unmanned how much of your stay has already been used and any contact stations, electronic information stations and TRAIL aerial vehicles, including remote control aircraft, and air- fees due. Once you check in for your cabin or camping other places in the park. For more information, visit craft in general may not be flown in state parks pursuant stay, that night is considered used. If you are camping, www.virginiastateparks.gov, the electronic information GUIDE to 4VAC5-30-400. we take what you paid, subtract the fees for the nights station or contact the park office. used and then subtract one additional night. The bal- LITTER - Please help us keep the park clean by placing INFORMATION - For more information on Virginia State ance is due as a refund. This means if you have only a litter and recyclables in the proper receptacles and recycle Parks or to make a cabin or campsite reservation, call two-night stay, you will not receive a refund if you leave centers or carrying out your trash. 800-933-PARK or visit www.virginiastateparks.gov. The one night early. If you are in a cabin or lodge, the policy Customer Service Center is open Monday through Friday, FIRE - Help prevent wildfires. Fires must be confined to is different. First, we always keep at least the first two 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed on all state holidays. grills, camp stoves or designated fire rings. Fires must nights’ fees. Second, we keep $30 per night for a cabin VIRGINIA STATE PARKS ARE A TONIC be attended at all times and extinguished when left. ($60 per night for a lodge) for each night you didn’t stay FOR THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT. Firewood is generally available for purchase at the park. and subtract that from the fee for any unused nights Museums, visitor centers and Campers and guests may collect only down and dead beyond the two-night minimum. If you started out with firewood. We enforce all seasonal and emergency bans on a week stay, you received a discount when you made the nearby historic sites make state open fires. reservation. If you end up not staying the entire week, parks cultural treasures. POLLUTION - Help reduce pollution. Dump stations, your fee will be recalculated at the higher, nightly fee laundry sinks and slop sinks, where available, are for rate. This means that if you have a week stay and leave The recreational opportunities in the proper disposal of wastewater. Please, no boat, RV one night early, no refund will be made. state parks are endless and easy to or car washing. CAMPING - Camping is allowed only in designated camp- see – from swimming and boating SWIMMING - Where available, swimming areas are gener- grounds and only after following the proper check-in ally open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day procedure described in the Reservation and Fees Guide to horseshoes and hiking, there’s weekend, weather permitting. Swim or wade only in des- available at the park office. always something to do in a ignated swimming areas and at designated times. Chil- Campsite occupancy is for a maximum of six people Virginia State Park. dren in swimming areas must wear sealed plastic pants or the number of people in a single household. Two over diapers. Disposable swim pants are recommended camping units are allowed per campsite; only one axled and available for purchase at the parks. Swimming or camper is allowed per site. All camping units, equip- wading in unguarded areas may be hazardous because of ment and vehicles must be placed within the perim- swift currents, sudden drop-offs or unseen obstructions. eter of the designated campsite without infringing on FISHING - Where fishing is permitted, valid Virginia fish- adjoining campsites or vegetation. Where high impact ing licenses are required. Specific licenses are required for areas are designated, all camping units, equipment and saltwater and trout-water fishing. Please call the park in vehicles must be within the defined borders of the high TELL US ABOUT YOUR VISIT: advance for specifics. impact area. Park in designated areas only. WWW.VIRGINIASTATEPARKS.GOV www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/other/your- comments-count 800-933-PARK d a Trail Blaze Mileage Usage Difficulty Douthat State Park o R  (540) 862-8100 rk Backway Hollow Yellow 0.88 H, B a Beard's Gap Hollow White 0.96 H, B  [email protected] P  te Beard's Gap Blue 1.21 H, B 14239 Douthat State Park Road ta Blue 3.01 H, B  S Blue Suck Falls Millboro, VA 24460 t Brushy Hollow Orange 3.72 H, B  Beaver a  Dam th Buck Hollow Blue 1.41 H, B Camp- u  ground o Buck Lick Red 0.28 H D Flat Run Red 2.52 H, B  Guest Lodge Blue 0.64 H, B  Heron Run Blue 0.73 H  Huff's Gold 1.08 H, B  Laurel View White 1.48 H, B  Lakeside  Camp- Locust Gap Yellow 1.45 H, B ground Middle Hollow Orange 0.78 H, B  Middle Mountain White 1.77 H, B  Buck Lick Mountain Side White 1.23 H  Trail - 0.28 mi. Mountain Top Yellow 2.4 H, B  Pine Tree Yellow 1.06 H, B  Waterfall Ross Camp Orange 0.83 H, B  Salt Stump Orange 2.43 H, B  Stony Run Orange 4.2 H, B  Tobacco House Ridge Yellow 0.79 H, B   Trail To Tuscarora Overlook Yellow 1 H, B Wilson Creek White 1.51 H, B  National  Forest White Oak YCC Blue 0.73 H Campground Alleghany Highlands N/A 6 (in park) H, B, HB  Multiuse, Equestrian South State Trail Park Office Inset H = Hiking B = Biking HB = Horseback Riding  = Easy  = Moderate  = Difficult

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