One of our favorite parks to visit and walk at. There's some trails, hard to walk on the paved…read moreareas due to cars, but it isn't impossible. There's a great swimming beach and playground with a good amount of shade. It can get busier with folks fishing, but the small lake is pretty and is generally pretty quiet!

This park is a seasonal swimming hole. The beach was already closed when I visited, despite the…read moreweather still being warm. There is also a frisbee golf course and some trails. At least in the off season, there wasn't a charge to enter.

Large park with lots of hiking trails of varying levels, none of which were crowded when we were…read morethere on a weekday afternoon. The Fire Trail was a nice hike over the mountain without being too strenuous and had views of the valley at different points along the way. I could see it being muddy though if it rained recently so be careful. They weren't charging admission when we were there on a weekday afternoon and there was plenty of parking. It looks like they have fishing as well and maybe swimming when the weather is warmer. This place isn't far at all from Crozet so we went for a hike then had dinner in town.

Swung by for some fishing. The park is clean and well maintained on the paths, but the grassy…read moreareas, especially near the pond, are not. It was covered in dog feces and lacked many available places to dispose of it. I'll be back, but would like to see more signage reminding folks to clean up after their pets and more places to dispose of trash.

This is a surprisingly nice little inn with lots of personality. Very clean! Brand new wide screen…read moreTVs. Nice staff. 2 double beds only. I came with very low expectations due to very low price for the night. (We came during off season - freezing winter weekend.) and they gave us a refurbished room. Big deck overlooking the lake. Cathedral ceiling on the 2nd floor. It is very cold. The room heater took several hours to warm the room. My husband thinks if we had set it about 5 degrees warmer than we really wanted, it might have warmed up more quickly. I tried to change channels on the TV and we didn't have the correct remote, so the TV channel got stuck on trying to have us choose the proper language. The guy who was on duty (at the bait / fishing place - where we checked in), came in, tried it out, couldn't get it to work, then went to another room and got us one of the older TVs. (Which was a big TV also, but not a widescreen new one.) That TV worked fine; but then we couldn't use the remote to turn it on & off. (gasp!) (First World problems.) He was a nice guy and was very helpful. The way the building is oriented, you can't see East or West directly for seeing sunrise and sunset. (Darnit!) It was so cold, I didn't want to go outside to take pix over the lake to get the sunrise & sunset pix I really wanted over the lake. Still, I got good pix of different skies over the lake. Even got some seagulls flying overhead! That was pretty cool in freezing February!

This place is a rip-off! They will sell you defective gear on one night at closing and accuse you…read moreof damaging over night the very next morning . Staff is rude and unprofessional. Go next door and see Doug at Anna Point for a much better experience

I know why the blue left, and the red told me why it was leaving, but why did the Greenleaf?…read more This lovely park in the north of Charlottesville also contains one of my favorite YMCA locations in the country - so it's a great park for more than one reason. Definitely one of the best recreational areas of a lovely town.

Greenleaf is an intimate, little park tucked away in a neighborhood and is surrounded by beautiful…read moretrees. It's easy to forget that a major roadway runs along the length of the park because it's almost hidden behind a tree line. The park has one of two splash pads in the city, a playground for bigs and tinies and a basketball half court. Finally, I love that the park has plenty of seating (including a pavilion) so either hosting a birthday party or simply monitoring rambunctious children is easy to do. The ONLY drawback to this little diamond of a park is the parking. The lot is uber tiny with only a few spaces and very little space to navigate even if you score a parking spot. Nutshell: It's a great place to come but you may want to come early or come on foot.

Very big, clean park! My husband and I were in town with our dogs to go hiking and stopped in here…read moreone morning after grabbing coffee to walk the nature trail.

Disappointing nature trail. We made it barely over a mile before we had to turnaround due to downed…read moretree, and there were several downed trees along the trail that made the trail difficult to navigate. Didn't find it well maintained either way.

It's a great park, lots of fun for the kids even teenagers. Only problem we had was it's a public…read morearea and the pavilion is free to the public and the other people that were there were mean to my 1 year old daughter. No one wanted to share the swings, they hogged literally almost everything there. So she had to just enjoy herself running around the park in the grassy area. I wish it didn't have such nasty people because it's amazing to be free. I gave it two stars only because of the people that were being mean to my daughter.

This is a nice splash pad/park combo. Both areas are clean…read moreand well maintained. The splash pad has several fun features for kids and my 10 month old enjoyed it as well. There is a pavilion with picnic benches under it beside the park as well as a large grassy area offering ample sitting room. There are 2 separate playgrounds, one for 5 and under and one for the older kids. Just be careful when kids go back and forth from splash pad to playground because I have heard a couple stories of children slipping on the metal playground structures when wet, which could obviously be dangerous. One thing I do like about the playground is that the ground is the soft rubbery stuff and not pebbles or mulch, so my little one can crawl around as well. One thing that would make the playground better is if it was covered. Unless it's overcast or evening, the structures probably get too hot to use during the summer. Overall a very nice and fun place for the kids to burn some energy!

We pre booked a group of nine prior to arrival after calling directly to have a few questions…read moreanswered. I'm unsure who we spoke with over the phone but they were pleasant. First hiccup was check-in when the parking attendant couldn't find our reservations because she confused the first and last name of our reservation. We were frustrated trying to locate our reservation confirmation with spotty cell service and calling a similarly named company to confirm we were at the right location. She was apologetic after the mistake but didn't provide much direction after our waivers were signed. We walked to the building to confirm our reservation again and had to request life jackets for the children in our group. Life jackets are provided free of cost. We waited for other groups to gather for a brief instruction which included information on an island that can be stopped at, some points of reference for the tube float and instructions for exiting/ time to return by. The gentleman instructing was kind and personable. Transportation is provided upriver. The bus left after confirming everyone had a tube with no further instruction and no staff stationed at the entry point. We had no instruction that there was a basket with rope at the side to rope tubes together. This was pointed out to us by others tubers that were present. We spent the extra $10 for a 'cooler tube' which was a regular tube with two pieces of rope tied on to form an X in the center. We had to add ropes to our cooler tube to ensure our backpack cooler stayed in the tube. The entry point was nothing more than a step sandy path directly into the river. Shoes are required and a necessity as the depth varied and there were a lot of large rocks/ fallen trees that were difficult to see underwater. Once settled we joined many others on the river as it was a hot July day. The float was enjoyable for the most part although one of the ropes that I used to attach my son's tube to mine broke (not came untied) in the river which was frustrating. We opted not to stop at any islands and there was no signage for our float other than where to exit. The exit itself had some small rapids and I felt that the current picked up close to exiting. There were staff at the exit but they offered to cut ropes and take tubes to shore not to offer any assistance to those exiting. Again the depth fluctuated and there were large submerged rocks at the exit which were difficult to see/ navigate underwater. While this was my first time tubing, I have canoed and kayaked (in another state) before and was not as pleased with this experience as I have been with prior river rental experiences.

Such a fun adventure. Definitely recommend…read more You drive through a little town and think you are there but you still have a little way to go. We drive down these windy skinny backroads and finally get to your destination. The staff helps you park and tells you to go to the office for your appointment. In the parking lot there are port a potties as well as changing rooms. Get yourself situated and head to the office for orientation. Make sure you apply a good amount of sun block. After the safety talk you get on a bus and head to the river. The bus was nice and bumpy and just the start of the adventure. When the bus parks you get your tubes and get into the river. There was a State Trooper sitting at the beginning so make sure you are following all the rules. You need to climb down a steep river bank and then get into the river. Make sure you are wearing water shoes. Plan on the adventure being a few hours long. The river wasn't too high so the water didn't move too fast. If we didn't stop it would have been about 2 hours long. Bring a lunch and hang out at the beach midway to extend your day. Get yourself a cooler tube. Bring a good size cooler. Look at the pictures. The one I brought was a little small. When we were looking for beers it was a little difficult because I had to more the food to get to them. It is tough to do when you are sitting in a tube.

This is our second year renting a boat slip at Anna Point Marina, and we were so happy to see Mason…read moreagain this season. He is always friendly, attentive, and professional, and he makes fueling up quick, easy, and completely hassle-free. His excellent customer service is one of the highlights of our marina experience. Thank you, Mason, for always going above and beyond, and congratulations on your recent graduation! We wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you throughout the summer. -- Teal Axis

We booked a fishing trip to go Striper fishing 6 people all together and we booked our trip several…read moremonths in advance. The morning we got there was cold rainy but we were dressed for the weather no big deal So we make our way down to this boat with our captain. I take a look at the pontoon we are getting on and I'm telling my husband it's too small 6 people in our group and then you have a Captain and his mate so 8 people on a 21 ft pontoon. But we are here so we are going to make the best of it right we was all excited. Some of the people in our group have never fished before. So instead of the Captain explaining himself what is happening he proceeds to take off flying down the river and then gets to a spot and starts putting poles in the water so fish start biting right away! And right away he starts screaming at people get up grab a pole you guys wanna fish right. So I did I was the first to jump up and grab poles meanwhile you could hardly walk around I think we had 9-10 poles in the water and he had about 12 or so sitting in on the side of the boat also so literally no room it was a hazard the captain was very rude and would constantly make several rude jokes about people from WV. The mate or the helper I'm not sure of the correct title he's uses his name was Mark and he was great with us all. He helped get fish off our lines and rebait any questions he was so helpful. Jim was our captain. And we will never book another fishing trip with him! We was truly disappointed in what was suppose to be a really fun trip. We did manage to catch a lot of fish to being home. I hope on our next adventure there is a positive one. . The good part we caught alot of fish and Mark was an amazing guy who helped us all. They also have a nice little store at the Marina that has clothes and snacks and prices aren't too bad. The guy in there was very nice also. We bought some rain gear. So we will most definitely visit again but will not recommend going with Jim.