WESTMORELAND STATE PARK 804-493-8821
1650 State Park Road, Montross, VA 22520
www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/wes.shtml
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: On the Potomac River’s Northern Neck, this park offers many opportunities for family fun – an Olympic-sized swimming pool and adjacent bathhouse, meeting area, snack bar, camp store, launching ramp for power boats, visitor center, campgrounds, camping cabins, cabins, fishing pier, boat rentals and six miles of trails. Fossil collectors enjoy hunting for shark teeth on the Potomac, and birding enthusiasts find the park an excellent site for spotting American bald eagles, ospreys, kingfishers, great blue herons, common terns, green herons and gulls, as well as wintering waterfowl.
PARKING: Wheelchair accessible parking spaces located 1 at overlook (gravel), 4 at main use parking area (gravel, flat area), 2 at camp store/restaurant (hardened walkway and ramped), 1 at van (ramp to V.C.) and 2 at office (paved and ramped entrance. Nearby ramps are well marked. RV parking accessible to campground.
TYPES OF PATHS TO OR AROUND PARK/ATTRACTION: Asphalt, gravel, concrete. Trails 800 ft. to pool and fish pier (flat).
ENTRANCE TO VISITOR CENTER: 3 exterior steps, each 6 in. high. Ramps provided. Glass entry door, 36 in. wide, easily opens in with clearly marked push handle.
PUBLIC REST ROOMS: Located at the pool and day use complex area. Available without steps. Doors are 32 in. wide, open in. Turns to enter. Stall door opens out 19 in. toilet seat height. 8 in. between commode and wall. Sink height 27 in. Wrapped pipes. Accessible stall checked regularly for obstructions. Rest rooms identified by raised figures with pants or skirt on the door to designate men or women.
PUBLIC TELEPHONE: Pay phone at park office has a concrete path leading to it.
SPECIAL SERVICES:
For guests with visual disabilities: Signs in large print and printed on a non-glossy surface.
PICNIC AREAS: Located along Potomac River. Tables located 15 ft. from parking area. Paths to and within the picnic areas are grass. 2 small covered shelters. Picnic table at each campsite.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A concrete pathway allows easy access to the park’s fish pier and pool. The walkway’s path is long , but flat.
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