{"id":34413,"date":"2025-05-29T10:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/erlebnisse\/outdoor-aktivitaeten\/parks-und-natur\/first-landing-state-park\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:18:47","slug":"first-landing-state-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/erlebnisse\/outdoor-aktivitaeten\/parks-und-natur\/first-landing-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"First Landing State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"image-heading\" arialabelledby=\"Image Header\"><div class=\"fold-wrap xl video-wrap\"><div class=\"image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PH_LSR22_First-Landing-State-Park-Family-compressed-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A family walks hand-in-hand along a wooded trail in First Landing State park, with a woman in a flowing skirt, a man in a light shirt, and a girl in a white dress.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><div class=\"overlay-content\"><h1 class=\"extra\">First Landing State Park  <\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"after-overlay-content page-content-wrap fold-wrap md padded\"><p>Anchoring the northern edge of Beach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcr.virginia.gov\/state-parks\/first-landing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dcr.virginia.gov\/state-parks\/first-landing\">First Landing State Park<\/a> is the most-visited state park in Virginia. Yet despite its popularity, it never feels crowded. With 2,888 acres of unique habitats, including ancient cypress swamps, tidal marshes, sand dunes and maritime forests, it&#8217;s full of wide-open spaces and quiet, shady nooks that beckon you to explore at every turn. (That said, summer weekends are the busiest \u2014 plan your visit for a weekday if you&#8217;re here in high season.) <br\/><br\/>And explore you will. More than 20 miles of hiking trails and a world-class biking trail wind through the park&#8217;s ever-shifting ecosystems, making it a true nature-lover&#8217;s paradise. The calm waters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/experiences\/beaches-districts\/chesapeake-bay\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/experiences\/beaches-districts\/chesapeake-bay\/\">Chesapeake Bay<\/a> are perfect for kayaking, swimming and fishing, and guided kayak tours are available for those who want a deeper dive. Round out your visit at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/listing\/chesapeake-bay-center\/518\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/listing\/chesapeake-bay-center\/518\/\">Chesapeake Bay Center<\/a>, which houses historical and educational exhibits.<br\/><br\/>It&#8217;s more than you can absorb in a single day, which is fine, because First Landing has you covered. Climate-controlled cabins and more than 200 campsites mean you can wake up right in the middle of it all, with picnic areas, a sandy swimming beach, boat ramps and much more waiting just outside your door.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"single-promo-block with-elements mg-top-x2\"><div class=\"elements-wrap fold-wrap xl\"><div class=\"fold pd-top-x2 pd-bottom-x2 align-items-center\"><div class=\"image-wrap col-sm-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PH_LSR23_Kayaking-First-Landing-State-Park-1_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A couple kayaks in First Landing State park on a calm body of water surrounded by greenery, enjoying a sunny day with their paddles and wearing life jackets.\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\"\/><\/div><div class=\"content-wrap col-sm-3\"><p class=\"alt-font-family size-32 mg-bottom-small eyebrow\">Discover More<\/p><h2 class=\"mg-bottom color-default\">Explore Virginia\u2019s Most-Visited State Park<\/h2><p><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/trip-ideas\/first-landing-state-park-explore-virginias-most-visited-state-park\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Plan Your Visit - Explore Virginia&#x2019;s Most-Visited State Park\" class=\"button has-icon has-icon--after has-icon--tailarrow-right mg-top\">Plan Your Visit<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ugc-block mg-top-x2\">\n\t<div class=\"fold-sm-up fold-wrap xl padded-sm-up gapped pd-top-x2 pd-bottom-x2 justify-content-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap col-sm-2\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"alt-font-family size-32 mg-bottom-small color-white\">#VisitVaBeach<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mg-bottom\">Picture Yourself in Virginia Beach<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Feel the destination\u2019s warm welcome as you browse photos from other visitors&#8217; unforgettable vacations, then start planning your escape to Virginia Beach.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"crowdriff-wrap col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t<script id=\"cr-init__ce658d97ed02a093\" src=\"https:\/\/starling.crowdriff.com\/js\/crowdriff.js\" async=\"\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34418,"parent":28906,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_ai_generated_excerpts":true,"ai_model_name":"","ai_prompt_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34413","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34424,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34413\/revisions\/34424"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvirginiabeach.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}