Parking is available on Draper Road behind the Blacksburg Public Library and allowed on public streets near the Library except where signs indicate otherwise. Parking is also available on Tech Campus at the Tennis Facility on Tech Center Drive and at the Library Storage Facility located on Country Club Drive Extension. Tech Visitor Permit is required to use their lots. Parking is also available at the New River Valley Mall. Plans are being made by Montgomery County to provide parking along Merrimac Road.
Picnic tables are available.
Feeding of the ducks and geese is not allowed. Visitor Parking Permits are needed during the hours of 7am to 5pm on Monday through Friday. About a mile past Pembroke turn right onto Rt. 623 to Cascades State Park. A two mile hike up to the waterfall and two miles back again.