Staunton Recreation & Parks — Attraction in Staunton

Our guide was Lester Zook for a wilderness survival one-day course. We hiked a couple miles into the George Washington National Forest on a warm day. Lester focused on Shelter Building (including a very helpful session on knots), Fire Building ( several tips were new to me), and Navigating (basic map and compass work). Lester is so knowledgeable about wilderness survival, you can pepper him with questions and he has clever workarounds for any problems. I would have appreciated learning a little about finding and treating water, but it was a long and rewarding day without adding that. Loved the balance in our group of 12 -- half women, half men, ages 12 to 62, racially diverse, all very friendly, helpful and polite. Can't say enough about how well done...

Staunton is lucky to have two large public parks My visit today was to see the construction or a new picnic pavilion being built by the Staunton Rotary Club in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Club. The site near the Montgomery Hall Mansion provides a moving vista of the rolling hills in the Montgomery Hall Park.

The othe other large park, known as Gypsy Hill Park, Is home to a historic bandstand, playing fields, a kiddie play area, many picnic Pavilions and an 18 hole golf course.

Visits to both these historic parks are highly...

Nice park, large pool, lots of open space for people to explore and walk, many playgrounds for the kids, there is a band stand on the east side of the park near the duck pond, bring quarters so you can use the bird feeders to get food to feed the birds, and the huge fish, if you stand need the feeders everything swims at you, great opportunities for...