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HokieJamie
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The ccc museum being there threw me off

Posted: 02/23/2026 at 12:13 PM ET
(In response to this post by UTPr0sim)

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Late Morning Trivia! [Old stuff in Virginia style]
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 08:34 AM ET
Nice Job Loungers 4 out of 6 State parks opened in 1936
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 01:46 PM ET
Chippokes?**
WestEndHokie39 • 02/23/26 12:46 PM ET
1967 so no**
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 12:57 PM ET
Sky Meadows?
s.mill hokie • 02/23/26 12:23 PM ET
1983 so no.**
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 12:57 PM ET
National Park, I was going to suggest Blue ridge parkway but same national**
`lag • 02/23/26 12:32 PM ET
It's definitely a state park, but in confirming that I also learned that
s.mill hokie • 02/23/26 12:46 PM ET
Yeah, I take that back, confusing it with Big Meadows in SNP...
`lag • 02/23/26 12:51 PM ET
Pocahontas**
HokieJamie • 02/23/26 09:39 AM ET
Not one of the original 6. June 1946 it was brought into the State System.**
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 10:20 AM ET
The ccc museum being there threw me off** ◄
HokieJamie • 02/23/26 12:13 PM ET
Hungry Mother ?**
coshokie • 02/23/26 09:09 AM ET
Ding Ding Ding! Another CCC Park!
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 09:19 AM ET
My grandfather was part of that CCC crew!
4dhokies • 02/23/26 11:07 AM ET
Holiday Lake?**
HokieDan95 • 02/23/26 08:56 AM ET
Its one of the oldest but not one of the first 6. It opened in the 1940s.**
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 09:18 AM ET
Douthat**
HokiesChemicals • 02/23/26 08:46 AM ET
Ding Ding Ding! Developed by the CCCi n the 1930s!
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 08:51 AM ET
Natural Bridge**
ronvpi • 02/23/26 08:45 AM ET
Actually the 37th State Park Dedicated September 24, 2016....So its old but
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 08:50 AM ET
Yeah, privately owned for a long time w/hotel and gift shop etc.**
`lag • 02/23/26 10:18 AM ET
Fairystone**
EDGEMAN • 02/23/26 08:43 AM ET
Ding DIng Ding! Fairy Stone State Park Openend June 15, 1936
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 08:47 AM ET
My "History of Virginia' book in elementary school mentioned it...
`lag • 02/23/26 10:23 AM ET
It really is a beautiful park**
EDGEMAN • 02/23/26 10:47 AM ET
Just one of those things, sounded like magic tucked it away in the back of
`lag • 02/23/26 12:17 PM ET
I've visited a few times...lol**
EDGEMAN • 02/23/26 08:49 AM ET
Seashore?**
JoesterVT • 02/23/26 08:39 AM ET
Ding, Ding, Ding! Now known as First Landing State Park!
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 08:44 AM ET
Several of the ccc cabins are still available to rent.**
Stork • 02/23/26 09:28 AM ET
double check that...lol. I'm certain it's correct.**
JoesterVT • 02/23/26 08:49 AM ET
Got it fixed. Name threw me.**
UTPr0sim • 02/23/26 08:51 AM ET
Visited often as a kid, as a side trip during a Fort Story beach day
JoesterVT • 02/23/26 08:54 AM ET
Us old timers refuse to call it anything but
HokiesChemicals • 02/23/26 10:24 AM ET
I’m just a few miles from there. Most Northern Territory of Spanish Moss.**
Stork • 02/23/26 09:25 AM ET
I'm pretty sure I saw some in MD on the Delmarva peninsula...
`lag • 02/23/26 12:31 PM ET
Global warming **
Stork • 02/23/26 12:32 PM ET