Operation Clean Sweep

Looking for volunteers to join us for a little spring cleaning in our historical cabin camps to get them ready for the 2024 season! A great event for all ages, you can bring your family, a friend or your neighbor to help park staff clean up our cabins after a winter spe......More

Looking for volunteers to join us for a little spring cleaning in our historical cabin camps to get them ready for the 2024 season! A great event for all ages, you can bring your family, a friend or your neighbor to help park staff clean up our cabins after a winter spent vacant.

Location of the cabin camp being cleaned will be given when you RSVP to this event.

Laurel Loop Hike

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at the Visitor Center for a short one and a half hour hike. Learn about the history and plant life of Prince William Forest Park on this 1.4 mile walk. The trail loops down to a suspension bridge over Quantico Creek and passes through eastern Pi......More

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at the Visitor Center for a short one and a half hour hike. Learn about the history and plant life of Prince William Forest Park on this 1.4 mile walk. The trail loops down to a suspension bridge over Quantico Creek and passes through eastern Piedmont forest. Bring bug spray and water and wear hiking shoes for this shaded forest hike.

Junior Ranger Arts and Crafts in the Park

Meet a ranger at 1:00pm at the Visitor Center to learn more about the Junior Ranger program and create some nature arts and crafts. Take leaf etchings and draw pictures of your favorite park scene! All craft supplies will be provided and Junior Ranger books and badges a......More

Meet a ranger at 1:00pm at the Visitor Center to learn more about the Junior Ranger program and create some nature arts and crafts. Take leaf etchings and draw pictures of your favorite park scene! All craft supplies will be provided and Junior Ranger books and badges are available.

Meet at the visitor center.

Bark Ranger Hike

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at the Pine Grove Parking Area with your pet for a short 1 hour hike of the Laurel Loop Trail. Learn about the B.A.R.K. Ranger program and earn a leash tag. Bring bug spray and water and wear hiking shoes for this shaded forest hike. Leashes mus......More

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at the Pine Grove Parking Area with your pet for a short 1 hour hike of the Laurel Loop Trail. Learn about the B.A.R.K. Ranger program and earn a leash tag. Bring bug spray and water and wear hiking shoes for this shaded forest hike. Leashes must be no longer than six feet for all pets participating.

Meet at Pine Grove Parking Area.

Farms to Forest Hike

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at Oak Ridge Trail Parking Area near Oak Ridge Campground in the park for a short 1 hour hike. Learn about the family farming history of this area before it became a park on this short 1 mile hike through the forest. Bring bug spray and water an......More

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at Oak Ridge Trail Parking Area near Oak Ridge Campground in the park for a short 1 hour hike. Learn about the family farming history of this area before it became a park on this short 1 mile hike through the forest. Bring bug spray and water and wear hiking shoes for this shaded walk.

Drive the park's Scenic Drive following signs to Oak Ridge Campground. Meet the ranger in the parking lot before you get into the campground.

History of Prince William Forest Park

Meet a ranger at 1:00pm near the Visitor Center for a short 30 minute talk. Learn more about the unique history of the park, from its creation in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps to today. 

Meet at the Visitor Center

Pyrite Mine Hike

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at Parking Lot D on Scenic Drive in the park for a short 2 hour hike. Learn more about the history of the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine on this 2 mile guided walk. See the foundations of old mine buildings and cross a historic bridge over Quantico Cr......More

Meet a ranger at 10:00am at Parking Lot D on Scenic Drive in the park for a short 2 hour hike. Learn more about the history of the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine on this 2 mile guided walk. See the foundations of old mine buildings and cross a historic bridge over Quantico Creek! Bring water and bug spray and wear hiking shoes for this mostly shaded forest hike.

Meet a ranger at Parking Lot D along the park's Scenic Drive.

Petrified Wood Talk

Meet a ranger at 1:00pm near the Visitor Center for a short 30 minute talk. Learn more about the geology of the park and why there is a large stump of petrified wood in front of the visitor center!

Meet at the visitor center.