local jurisdictions typically prioritize building active recreation facilities, especially playgrounds and ballfields for organized sports leagues
local jurisdictions typically prioritize building active recreation facilities, especially playgrounds and ballfields for organized sports leagues
In addition to Federal parks, state parks, and private land owned by non-government organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Virginia counties and cities have local parks system.
Many towns/cities/counties own and manage parks, along with regional organizations such as the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve has been called the "second-largest municipal park in the nation." In that 12,672-acre watershed, the City of Roanoke owns the land above the 1,200-foot contour line, while the Western Virginia Water Authority controls the land below that contour line (including the reservoir).1
Another large municipal park in Virginia is Newport News Park, at 8,000 acres.
rectangular fields for soccer/football and diamonds for baseball require funding for annual maintenance
Mount Trashmore Park, the most-visited in Virginia Beach, was built on a former landfill
Source: City of Virginia Beach, Mount Trashmore Park Map
Manassas generates revenue for park operations by leasing space for a cellphone tower at Stonewall Park