Douthat State Park
Douthat State Park is a state park located in the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. It is in Bath County and Alleghany County. The park is total with a lake. It is one of the original Virginia state parks built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. History. The Douthat Land Company, a group of businessmen, donated the first portion of land — . In 1933, the Virginia General Assembly allotted $50,000 for the purchase of land for state parks, and the remainder of the present-day park was purchased with this money. Douthat State Park opened on  as one of six original state parks in Virginia, all built with the men and resources of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The site of the park was originally almost completely covered by forests; all of the original cabins, campsites, trails, roads, and even the entirety of Douthat Lake were created by the CCC work crews. Approximately 600 men from the Civilian Conservation Corps developed and constructed the majority of the modern-day park system between 1933 and 1942.