Our highest priority continues to be the safety of all our guests and staff. It is important to understand that, even when facilities and programs are available, there will likely be additional guidelines to follow that may be beyond the standard. 

All parks and trails continue to remain open for use.  Some specific amenities within the parks will be reopened starting this Friday, June 19, including:

• Playgrounds
• Picnic shelters/pavilions will be available on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis with no reservations being taken and no fees collected. User group size should not exceed the capacity of the shelter or 50 persons, whichever is less.
• Basketball courts and ballfields will be available on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis with no reservations being taken and no fees collected. User group size (participants and spectators) should not exceed 50 persons.
• Public restrooms will remain closed at all parks. Please prepare for no access to restrooms and water fountains. Bring hand sanitizer or wipes for personal use as well as water bottles.
• Additional guidelines and recommendations will be posted at each amenity.  Please take the time to review those and do your part to help ensure that we are able to keep these amenities and our parks accessible.

Previous announcements regarding Parks and Recreation activities include:

• All scheduled special events through August are cancelled. 
• The swimming pool at Stuarts Draft Park will not open for the 2020 season.  Swim lessons and the Stuarts Draft Dolphins swim team will not be offered.
• The campground and swimming pool at Natural Chimneys Park will remain closed through June.  An announcement regarding their opening and availability will be forthcoming.
• The Red Wing Roots Music Festival, hosted at Natural Chimneys Park, has been postponed until July 9-11, 2021.
• All registrations and reservations continue to be suspended until further notice.

Please stay tuned and monitor the website, your inbox and the Parks and Rec Facebook page frequently as we plan to roll out recreational opportunities in the future.  This might be the ideal opportunity to sign up for our E-newsletter, the Rec Report, which is digitally published and emailed at least monthly.  This is also where you will find our earliest programming announcements once they are set.  Click here to sign up to receive it.

Our offices are open and staff are working diligently to keep measures in place and secure the resources needed to make all facilities, amenities, programs, and events accessible when safe and permitted to do so.  We are available in the office Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and by phone at 540-245-5727 or email at parksrec@co.augusta.va.us.

We encourage you to follow the guidelines below from the National Recreation and Park Association for using parks while maintaining social distancing. 

Stay active! Stay safe!