Parks

Located about 20 minutes north of Farmville, Bear Creek Lake State Park offers swimming, boating and boat rentals, fishing, hiking, camping and cabin rentals, a meeting facility and more. It is surrounded by Cumberland State Forest.

Excellent, man-made bass fishing lake, with adjoining acreage for seasonal hunting, located VA Route 701 off US 15, 7 miles south of Farmville.

Passing through the center of Farmville, the "rails-to-trails" High Bridge Trail Park is about 30 miles long. It runs through Cumberland, Prince Edward & Nottoway Counties, and the towns of Pamplin City, Prospect, Farmville, Rice and Burkeville. Open during daylight hours for hikers, bicyclers and horseback riders. See the website for further details.

Located between Farmville and Appomattox, Holliday Lake State Park offers fishing, swimming, boating and boat rentals, hiking, camping and picnicking.

Site of famous Civil War battle that occurred on April 6, 1865, the "Black Thursday of the Confederacy," located just east of Farmville north of Route 307.

State Park and Conference Center, just east of Farmville. The park offers swimming, boating and boat rentals, hiking, camping and cabin rentals, and a conference center.

Operated by the Town of Farmville, the park includes a lake stocked for fishing, walking trail for bird- and wildlife-viewing, a picnic area, children's playground and skateboarding park, and grass-covered playing fields.