Seven Bends State Park is a day-use park located in the geographically unique Seven Bends area of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. Seven Bends State Park provides public access to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and features two hand-carry boat launches, picnic areas, one single family-sized picnic shelter, vault restrooms, and 8 miles of hiking trails. The park provides water and land based outdoor recreational and educational opportunities while protecting and interpreting the spectacular scenic viewshed and geological, natural and historical resources of the storied seven bends area.



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The Friends of Seven Bends State Park (FSBSP) was established in late 2019.  Since the state park’s official opening in March 2020, FSBSP’s focus continues to “support and advocate for the educational and recreational use of the Park for all.”

Come back to Seven Bends and share in endless opportunities at one of Virginia’s newest natural treasures!  Come play, relax, explore, or join us for any of our many volunteer projects, from building and installing birdhouses, to establishing and maintaining a Monarch Waystation.  You can also volunteer to share with, and teach or mentor youth, or to lead a program in something that interests you.  Visit the River’s Way Natural PlaySpace (by the Park’s Hollingsworth Road entrance) and join Friends to finish building a legacy of outdoor play and learning at a PlaySpace designed for the kid in all of us.  Email Friends at fsbsp@fnfsr.org , call us at 540.459.8550, or visit our webpage at www.fnfsr.org/fsbsp .

LOVE sign, Lupton Road area of Seven Bends State Park

This site is on the Hollingsworth side of the park and located .6 miles down the Bass Bight Trail. This site looks over a quiet meadow nestled in-between the banks of the Shenandoah River and the Massanutten Mountain range looming in the background. The area is home to a variety of animals, including Black Bears, Bluebirds, White Tail Deer, and Wood Ducks. The photos from this site will provide a first-hand look at the changing of the season as well as the interconnected environmental changes between the river, floodplain and riparian buffer to the upland forests. 

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LOVE sign, Lupton Road area of Seven Bends State Park

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