This is a sweet and relaxing little park near to Monticello. It is 89 acres and comes complete with…read morea nice hiking trail complex, a pond, some great paved and wooden walkways, an arboretum, a woodland theater, and even a "secluded farm." Walk off all the fried chicken at Michie's Tavern by coming here. It will totally make your visit to Charlottesville greener, healthier, and more refreshing. Also, you will meet lots of locals, their kids, and their dogs. This place has a lot to offer those who just need to stretch their legs, fill up the memory cards on their cameras, or really pound out the miles on the trails. Highly recommended to tourists and longer-term residents alike!

Park here and walk multiple trails up the mountain for lookouts or over a boardwalk to Monticello…read more(you can reach the new visitors center / gift shop and restrooms without an admission ticket). Beautiful area. Nice for running, although it was absolutely freezing the day we went. Monticello stop was a nice warm up before heading back to Kemper.

I can't believe that this amazing park has never been added to Yelp before. Ridgeview Park (RP) is…read more85-acres full of wonderful amenities. When I climbed out of my van the other day, all I could see was green everywhere. Kids could run around the grassy fields forever and not get bored. The hills were extremely tempting to my youngest son who had to run up them and then roll down. Beautiful trees, lovely flowers, a gorgeous view of the mountains--but the best part was the river. You are able to walk up to the water's edge and play with the rocks. Here are some features: * Amphitheater * Baseball/Softball Diamond * Basketball Court * Soccer Field * Tennis Courts * Trails (there are supposed to be trails in the woods, but I didn't get a chance to check them out) * Playground * Picnic tables and grills * Restrooms * Serenity Garden * Swimming Pool * Fishing in the South River throughout the park (trout, bass, perch, bluegill, and catfish) * Handicap-Accessible Fishing Pier I was here for vacation and I always try to look for parks. I found RP online and it was way better than I ever imagined it would be. In fact, I kind of started to fall in love with it and Waynesboro. My boys and I greatly enjoyed our short time at RP and I highly recommend you visit. I wish RP was closer to my house.

This is, I think, one of the better parks in the Waynesboro and Charlottesville area. Plenty of…read moreplayground equipment for the kids to play on. Lots of fields and area to run. You can stop down at the river and feed the ducks and geese. The kids love it here. My only issue from our most recent visit was the garbage all over the park. All of the trash cans were completely filled and overflowing. Trash around the picnic tables. Yuck. Let's keep our parks beautiful, people!

I love this park! On nice days I often walk over here after visiting the central library. My family…read morecalls it the "dizzy park" because so many things here spin around. Pros: small, contained park with plenty of shade and benches around the perimeter. The playground structure is fairly new and well maintained. There is also a small waterfall fountain that's on in the summer months that's perfect for small toddlers to play in. Cons: tiny public parking lot, no public restroom, the higher slide could do with more of a railing around the platform, and the surrounding pre schools use the park around 11:30am on weekdays so it gets very crowded at that time.

It was a tiny park. Two play areas for children of varying ages, swings, see-saw for three, and…read moreplenty of benches for parents around the perimeter. There were only four other children at the park which has its pro's and con's. The good thing is there weren't so many kids, that you couldn't see pass the throng to find your own. The bad part is they were all boys and not interested in playing with my hyper-friendly little girl . . . at least I hope that's why they ignored her completely. I was glad to come to the park because we'd passed it so many times, I was equally happy to leave. Perhaps if I had planned a play date with another kid, it would have been different. Nutshell: this isn't the place for a kiddie connection.

Local outdoor classroom and trails! It's located west of the high school in Fluvanna county! It…read morestarted as an Eagle project ten years ago and has grown is a wonderful trail and outdoor classroom!

Just a few blocks from our apartment, The Park is a simple, yet great place. For students, they…read morehave recreational sports here, such as flag football and softball. I've watch many a law school softball games at the fields here. For the nonstudent like myself, the park is open for walking, walking or playing a sport. I spend most of my time here walking the half-mile loop that is paved around the softball and turf fields. In addition, I've played Frisbee at the end of the park in the grass. No matter the time of day, you'll see people of all ages coming and going from the area. I walk from my apartment to get here, but in the evening you could park in the parking lot. It's well lit at all hours. Along with the sports areas, it has picnic tables and water fountains throughout the park. Like I said, it's simple, but serves lots of needs.

Two separate sections one for small one for large. Mostly mulch and tons of trees. Perfect for…read moresummer. There are a few benches and a shelter. Walk paste the baseball fields down the path through the woods takes ya to the park

Such a beautiful and scenic ride along the stunning mountains!…read more Def coordinating this into all my drives down South!

The Blue Ridge Parkway begins where Skyline Drive ends in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. It…read moreruns 217 miles from Anton to the border with North Carolina near Roanoke, before continuing farther to the southwest into the Smoky Mountains in far western Carolina; 469 miles in all. It is very similar to Skyline Drive, but offers somewhat higher peaks and and more astounding long vistas of blue tinged valleys from overlooks along the route. Still, if you love this part of the Appalachians, you really owed it to yourself to continue the excursion at least partially down the twisting crest hugging blacktop for as long as you wish. We were able to do more rock scrambling there than farther north, and the adventure quotient was that much more challenging. Too, we had a decent map of the secondary roads, and turned off the Parkway to return via unpaved single lane gravel tracks that took us deeper into the vales and hollows where the locals live and work the land. I imaged hearing banjo and bluegrass as we passed crystal flowing streams and cascading boulder diverted waterfalls. Perfect soundtrack to our personal travelogue. Those fifty miles were the most exciting. At first a little nervous being somewhere we might not be found, we gradually found some confidence as our car trekked the forest road well, and the one pickup we met along the way courteously pulled out of our way to let us pass, with a smile and wave. Pennsylvania has the Allegheny Mountains, the northern continuation of the Blue Ridge. They are rugged and beautiful in their own right, but lack the focus demanded from a challenging drive on mountain roads dedicated to letting travelers discover their intense magnetism. Spend enough time under their spell and you will swear you underwent a near religious experience.

A moment in the spotlight, this is Charlottesville's world famous Lee Park and to be renamed…read moreEmancipation Park on Yelp at some point. But it's Tuesday and a massive rainstorm just passed through. The only people here are two other tourists and two tents of news reporters in front of their trucks with MASSIVE satellite dishes. All the protesters from all sides have gotten back on their buses and returned to wherever they came from. It's a small park - one square block. Several trees, some benches, a few poured concrete paths that criss-cross the park. Surrounded by a large church and homes, I can understand why the authorities would have wanted this weekend's demonstration to happen at the other, more open, park. Of course, the centerpiece of the park and all the controversy is the statue of Confederate General Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870). He sits on a horse, which I assume is modeled after his famous Traveller. I would say that if you're thinking of visiting General Lee, do it soon. He's just one council vote from being moved somewhere else. Five stars because it's a good park. Shade trees and benches. That's what parks do. Street parking in the area if you can find it.

We drove by when the statue was covered by a huge black tarp. We then walked by later on walking…read morethrough the park. The news crew was there. Apparently a man had tried to remove the tarp saying it was 'his duty as an American' to do so and the government is wrong for covering it up. I am not going to pretend that I know tons about R E Lee. But I know enough. I also know enough about American history in general and it is full of nasty stuff. For someone to take their car at a high rate of speed and plow into protesters is ridiculous. Ridiculous isn't even the right word to use. It is heartbreaking that someone would even think of doing this. People died trying to express themselves. They didn't need to die. They needed to be able to express themselves and go home to their family. This is what makes me sick about protesters. It is the 1% that make me question protesting all together. Lee is long gone. Whether you agree with his actions or not it doesn't give you the right to harm someone. But that is what happens and things like Lee Park. Everyone thinks they are right. So right in fact they are willing to kill or die for it. The park itself is beautiful. Some say it is full of bums but the night we were there it was us and the news crew and a large black tarp.