Park entrance passes can be purchased online or at one of the Carvins Cove Natural Reserve parking areas. 

If you purchase a pass online, you can pay online by entering in your checking/savings account number (free) or by credit/debit card (2.95% of the purchase price with $1.00 minimum).  Your payment receipt should be displayed on your car dash while visiting the Natural Reserve. Limit two cars per household per yearly pass. 

*Entrance fees are $7 per vehicle per day or $50 per vehicle yearly. Equestrian trailers are $10 daily/$75 yearly.

You can also purchase a daily or yearly pass at one of the Carvins Cove Natural Reserve parking areas. Please note that cash and check are the only types of payment accepted if purchasing a pass at one of our parking areas.  The Bennett Springs, Hollins and Timberview parking areas have payment drop boxes. Yearly permits purchased at the payment drop boxes must be purchased with a check and will be mailed to the purchaser at the address provided. When visiting Carvins Cove Natural Reserve, you must display your printed payment receipt on your vehicle dashboard. Guests who purchase a yearly pass will receive a rearview mirror hangtag in the mail that must be displayed while visiting Carvins Cove Natural Reserve.  Yearly passes are good for one year from date of purchase.

• Carvins Cove Boat Landing:  9644 Reservoir Road , Roanoke, VA 24019  |  540-362-1757
• Bennett Springs Parking Lot:  4300 Carvins Cove Road, Salem, VA 24153
• Hollins Trailhead Parking Lot:  Plantation Road, Roanoke, VA 
• Timberview Parking Lot:  3399 Timberview Road, Roanoke, VA 24019

Carvins Cove Natural Reserve offers over 60-miles of trail with the park for all levels of hikers. Hikers can enter from Reservoir Road, Bennett Springs or Timberview. Land use passes are required for all visitors over the age of 16.

Dogs are welcome in the park; however, all dogs must remained leashed while visiting Carvins Cove Natural Reserve and all waste needs to be disposed of properly.

Download a Carvins Cove Natural Reserve trail map and brochure.

For information on other trails in the area or helping build new trails at the Cove, please contact Greenways.org or City of Roanoke Parks and Recreation.

Birds of Carvins Cove identification guide and brochure

Carvins Cove Natural Reserve offers some of the best mountain biking trails in the area on the multi-use trails at Carvins Cove.  In fact, we're America's East Coast Mountain Biking Capital and a Silver-Level Ride Center™ by the International Mountain Bicycling Association!

Land use passes are required for all visitors over the age of 16.

For information on other trails in the area or helping build new trails at the Cove, please contact Greenways.org or City of Roanoke Parks and Recreation.

The multi-use trails at Carvins Cove are available for horseback trail riding in addition to hiking and mountain bike riding. Horse trailer parking is available at the parking area on Reservoir Road.

To maintain the health and beauty of the watershed and reservoir, visitors need to pick up and remove all waste from horses.

For information on other trails in the area or helping build new trails at the Cove, please contact Greenways.org or City of Roanoke Parks and Recreation.