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USDA Forest Service,
Southern Region
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests

New River Valley Ranger District

North Office
110 Southpark Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 552-4641

South Office
155 Sherwood Forest Road
Wytheville, VA 24382
(276) 228-5551

Recreation

Day Use Areas

Pandapas Pond

Pandapas Pond is a scenic and popular place to hike, picnic and enjoy nature. And it's located only four miles from Blacksburg.

The pond itself is a man-made, 8-acre body of water. It sits on the edge of the eastern continental divide and is the headwaters of Poverty Creek.

Pandapas Pond is a day use area only--it is closed to the public from dusk to dawn.

Pandapas is a great place to visit in any season. In the summer, the pond provides warm-water fishing (bass and blue gill) and canoeing opportunities. An easy, graveled one-mile trail encircles the pond and makes for great family hiking.

Birders, wildlife watchers and wildflower hunters enjoy wandering through a variety of eco-systems including wetlands and forests of pine, hardwoods and rhododendrons.

Picnic tables and benches are interspersed along the trail.

There are toilet facilities at the pond, but bring your own water—there is no potable water on site.

Directions from Blacksburg, VA 4 miles

Take 460 west for 3.5 miles. On your right will be Route 621 (Craig Creek Road). On your left will be a forest service road taking you to the Pandapas Pond and Poverty Creek Trail areas. There is an upper and lower parking area on this road. The lower parking area has a trail starting on each end. Both will take you to Pandapas Pond.

Photographs used with permission of Charles K. Jervis

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