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A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States


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Contents

Foreword

Supplemental Foreword

Introduction

Recreational Habits and Needs

Aspects of Recreational Planning

Present Public Outdoor Recreational Facilities

Administration

Financing

Legislation

A Park and Recreational Land Plan


A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States
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A Park and Recreational Land Plan for the United States (continued)

VIRGINIA

THE POPULATION is predominantly agricultural and rural nonfarm in character. However, due to the rapid introduction of manufacturing, the trend is toward increasing urbanization. The most thickly populated sections are in the southeast, the Shenandoah Valley, the Washington and Richmond environs, and the Norfolk-Portsmouth region. The Negro population constitutes about one-fourth of the total and is concentrated in the east and southeast.

The State's principal recreational resources are its mountains, its natural wonders, its seashore and tidal waters, and its wealth of historic sites.

While the State now has numerous recreational developments, they are, for the most part, located in the mountainous western section. Only two, Swift Creek, near Richmond, and Seashore, a few miles east of Norfolk, are within convenient holiday reach of population centers Additional parks are needed near Roanoke, Lynchburg, Danville, and in the southeastern section of the State. Immediate efforts should be directed toward the acquisition of ocean frontage and of additional public lands along the State's tidal waters. Attention should also be given to the development of a system of rural recreational facilities well distributed over the agricultural sections of the State.

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FEDERAL

National park:
39. Shenandoah183,311.69

National monument:
74. George Washington Birthplace394.47

National monument project:
31. Patrick Henry
1,000

National historical park:
68. Colonial6,465.17

Proposed national historical park:
1. Cumberland Gap


National historical monument:
34. Appomattox Court House970

National military parks:
50. Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial2,399.31
59. Petersburg2,031.46
     Total
4,430.77

National battlefield park project:
56. Richmond Battlefield
690

National memorial:
82. Lee Mansion.45

National cemeteries:
60. Poplar Grove9.02
68. Yorktown2.91
     Total
11.93

National historic site:
48. Manassas National Battlefield Park1,604.57

National historic site project:
78. Fort Belvoir


National parkways:
10. Blue Ridge10,678.8932,000
80. George Washington Memorial1,359.92
     Total
12,038.81
32,000

Proposed national parkways:
43. Blue Ridge Parkway Extension

47. George Washington Memorial Extension


Recreational demonstration areas:
58. Swift Creek7,609.85
76. Chopawamsic14,080.39
     Total
21,690.24

National waysides:
7. Pulaski21
23. Amherst35
26. Pittsylvania53
29. Mecklenburg40
49. Fauquier18
54. Hanover30
     Total
197

National forests:
2. Jefferson477,335
18. George Washington813,701
     Total
11,291,036

National wildlife areas:
63. Back Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge8,931

National waterway:
62. Intracoastal



INTERSTATE

Trailway:
9. Appalachian



STATE

State parks:
4. Hungry Mother2,134
12. Fairystone5,027
17. Douthat4,547
30. Staunton River1,754
64. Seashore3,437
69. Matoaka1,440
73. Westmoreland1,268
     Total
19,607

Proposed State parks:
27. Pittsylvania
500
42. Shenandoah Valley
2,500
61. Nansemond
500
66. Elizabeth City
200
70. Aceomac
500
71. Eastern Shore
2,500
     Total
6,700

State waysides:
3. John Douglas6
5. Manuel's Hollow4
6. Cloyd Mountain Battlefield1.5
8. Carter Memorial20
11. Lovers Leap2
13. Cloverdale1
15. Peters Mountain1
16. Potts Mountain1
19. Sam Houston3
20. Long Mountain5
21. Blue Ridge1
22. Constitution.5
25. Lynchburg3
33. Appomattox2
37. Dixie3
40. Skyline2
41. Harrisonburg2
44. Berryville3
45. Bluemont1
46. Catoctin1
51. North Anna River3
52. Little River4
53. Ground Squirrel7
57. Falling Creek5
67. Mariner's Museum3
72. Accomac3
75. Stafford39
77. Occoquan River2
     Total
129

State forests:
32. Prince Edward25,804
35. Surrender Grounds218,408
36. Cumberland315,160
     Total
39,372

State monument:
79. George Washington Grist Mill7


LOCAL

County parks:
14. Bedford County102

Proposed local parks:
24. Bedford County
200
28. Pittsylvania County
500
38. Albemarle County (2 areas)
700
55. Hanover County

65. Norfolk County
100
81. Fairfax County
500
     Total
2,000

Municipal parks:
73. Roanoke42
74. Charlottesville125
75. Richmond262
76. Newport News40
77. Norfolk15
78. Portsmouth100
     Total
584

1 Area under Federal administration June 1938.

2 Soil Conservation Service development projects transferred to the State for administration.

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