Studying nature can be as simple as spending time outside and observing what is happening in the air, on the ground and in waterways.

Check Nature Backpack availability in the catalog.

Each Nature Backpack includes:

• Parking pass for free parking/entrance to all Virginia State Parks (except for Natural Bridge and Southwest Virginia Museum state parks that charge a per-person entry fee)
• Pocket Naturalist Guides to: Bugs & Slugs, Animal Tracks, Virginia Birds, Mammals, Virginia Trees & Geology
• Port-A-Bug Field Observation container
• Dip net for catching fish or butterflies
• Magnifying lens
• Big Foot "Leave No Trace" ethics card
• Activities suggestions

How It Works

Where do you get Nature Backpacks?

• Nature Backpacks are available in person at the Central Library Youth Services desk and at Branch Service Desks.
• Or place a hold using the Library catalog.

How long do you check out a Nature Backpack?

• Nature Backpacks are checked out for one week.
• There are no renewals for Nature Backpacks.

Questions?

Call 703-228-5946 or stop by the Central Library Youth Services Desk.

This is program is funded and made possible by the Library of Virginia, The Science Museum of Virginia, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Virginia State Parks.