Occoneechee State Park

1192 Occoneechee Park Road
Clarksville, Virginia. 23927
(434)-374-2210 or 1-800-933-PARK
http://www.state.va.us/dcr/pa
rks/occoneec.htm
resvs@dcr.virginia.gov
Open all year
Cost: Parking Fee $3 weekends, $2 rest of week.

This Virginia State Park is named after the Occoneechee Indians who lived on an island on the Roanoke River near the present day park. The Indians were slaughtered by Virginia Councilman Nathaniel Bacon and a group of men from Henrico County. Unfortunately his attack succeeded only in destroying Indians who were perhaps the friendliest to settlers in the Commonwealth. Nearly 200 years after the attack, William Townes built a plantation on this land by the water, complete with an 1839 20-room mansion, horse stables, a smokehouse, servants’ quarters and beautiful terraced gardens. The mansion caught fire and burned in 1898 but the landscaping and gardens can still be seen in the park today. Exhibits at the Visitor Center illustrate “The Occoneechee Story” in a living hut and artifacts. Plantation tours and other interpretive programs are available at varying times.

Directions:
From I-85, take Route 58 West Exit at South Hill. Park is located on Route 58 one mile east of Clarksville.

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