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Sports & Recreation<\/h2><\/div>
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From the excitement of professional team sports to world-class golf courses, this region provides some of the nation\u2019s finest attractions and panoramic recreational sites and superb venues for the \u00a0popular professional teams.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Spectator Sports<\/h3><\/span>
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Sports Venues<\/strong>
Carmax Park<\/a>
The Robins Center<\/a>
<\/a>Sport Backers Stadium<\/a>
<\/a>Stuart Siegel Center<\/a>
<\/a>University of Richmond Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n

Spectator Sports<\/strong>
Flying Squirrels<\/a>
Richmond Kickers<\/a><\/p>\n

Collegiate Sports<\/strong>
Randolph-Macon College<\/a>
University of Richmond<\/a>
University of Virginia<\/a>
Virginia Commonwealth University<\/a>
Virginia State University<\/a>
Virginia Union University<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Parks & Nature<\/h3><\/span>
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Greater Richmond Parks<\/strong>
Dorey Park
<\/a>Huguenot Park<\/a>
Iron Bridge Park<\/a>
Pocahontas State Park<\/a>
Rockwood Park<\/a>
Vawter Street Park & Glen Lea Recreation Area<\/a>
William Byrd Park
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Exploring Virginia<\/strong>
The Appalachian Trail<\/a>
Assateague Island National Seashore<\/a>
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>
Bear Creek Lake State Park<\/a>
Belle Isle State Park<\/a>
The Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a>
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>
Fairy Stone State Park<\/a>
False Cape State Park<\/a>
First Landing\/Seashore State Park<\/a>
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests<\/a>
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>
Holliday Lake State Park<\/a>
James River State Park<\/a>
Kiptopeke State Park<\/a>
Occoneechee State Park<\/a>
Shenandoah National Park<\/a>
Smith Mountain Lake State Park<\/a>
Staunton River State Park<\/a>
Twin Lakes State Park<\/a>
York River State Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Nature Preserves & Gardens<\/strong>
Agecroft Hall Gardens<\/a>
Chickahominy Recreational & Wildlife Management Area<\/a>
Dutch Gap Conservation Area<\/a>
Maymont Gardens<\/a>
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden<\/a>
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>
Three Lakes Nature Center & Aquarium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Golf<\/h3><\/span>
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Public Golf Courses<\/strong>
Belmont Golf Course
<\/a>Birkdale Golf Course<\/a>
Brookwood Golf Club<\/a>
First Tee Chesterfield
<\/a>Glenwood Golf Club<\/a>
Golf Club at Brickshire<\/a>
The Highlands Golfers\u2019 Club
<\/a>Hobbs Hole Golf Course<\/a>
The Hollows Golf Course<\/a>
Hunting Hawk Golf Club<\/a>
Independence Golf Club
<\/a>Lake Chesdin Golf Club
<\/a>Mill Quarter Country Club<\/a>
Providence Golf Course<\/a>
Queenfield Golf Club
<\/a>River\u2019s Bend Golf Club
<\/a>Royal New Kent Golf Club<\/a>
Royal Virginia Golf Club
<\/a>Sycamore Creek Golf Course
<\/a>Windy Hill Golf Course<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Leisure Activities<\/h3><\/span>
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Competitive Events<\/strong>
CAA Tournaments<\/a>
CIAA Tournaments<\/a>
Monument Avenue 10K<\/a>
NCAA Tournaments<\/a>
SunTrust Richmond Marathon<\/a>
USA Track & Field Junior National Championships<\/a>
XTERRA East Championships<\/a><\/p>\n

Racing Attractions
<\/strong>Colonial Downs Race Track<\/a>
Richmond International Raceway<\/a><\/p>\n

Sports Centers & Activities
<\/strong>Adventure Challenge<\/a>
Laurel Skate Park<\/a>
Peak Experiences<\/a>
Richmond Ice Zone<\/a>
Richmond Area Bicycling Association<\/a>
SkateNation Plus<\/a>
State Park\/Forest Camping<\/a><\/p>\n

Getaways<\/strong>
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum<\/a>
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>
Boardwalk at Virginia Beach<\/a>
Busch Gardens & Water Country USA<\/a>
Children\u2019s Museum of Virginia<\/a>
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>
The Cousteau Society<\/a>
Chrysler Museum of Art<\/a>
First Landing\/Seashore State Park<\/a>
Harrison Opera House<\/a>
Jamestown National Historic Site<\/a>
Mount Trashmore Park<\/a>
Nauticus National Maritime Center<\/a>
Norfolk Botanical Garden<\/a>
Virginia Beach Amphitheater<\/a>
Virginia Air & Space Center<\/a>
Virginia Living Museum<\/a>
Virginia Marine Science Museum<\/a>
Virginia Zoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Annual Events
<\/strong>Civil War Days Re-enactment<\/a>
Gardenfest of Lights<\/a>
Greek Festival<\/a>
Maymont Flower & Garden Show<\/a>
Midweek Mo-Jo<\/a>
Musical Mondays<\/a>
Richmond Christmas Parade<\/a>
Richmond Shakespeare Festival<\/a>
Riverfront Outdoor Movies<\/a>
State Fair of Virginia<\/a>
Ukrop\u2019s Monument Avenue 10K<\/a>
Virginia Boat Show<\/a>
The Virginia Derby<\/a>
Virginia RV Show<\/a>
Winston Cup Race Weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3034,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[31],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-sports-recreation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3068,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/630\/revisions\/3068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/RichmondVA-REMAXCommonwealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}