Golfers will enjoy the challenge of the two 18-hole courses at Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run, located in Newport News Park. The Deer Run and Cardinal courses play off rolling Bermuda grass fairways onto meticulously manicured bent grass greens.

There is a public archery range near the campground. You must furnish your own equipment and have successfully completed the free Archery Safety Class.

There is a 5-mile heavily forested, twisting single-track mountain biking trail at Harwood’s Mill Reservoir. The trail has tight corners, quick hills and obstacles. It is a unidirectional trail with novice, advanced and expert sections.

A Discovery Center with flora and fauna exhibits, as well as Civil War artifacts, is located in the park, across from the Dam No. 1 Bridge. The Discovery Center is open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays from Memorial Day to Labor Day and from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and most holidays the rest of the year. Regularly scheduled nature and living history programs are available throughout the year.

For the history lover, Newport News Park is the site of some of the best preserved Civil War fortifications, earthworks and redoubts in Virginia, and a designated stop of the Virginia Civil War Trails network.

These are only a fraction of the fun activities for the familiy in and around Newport News. 

Bring your family and let's have some fun!!