Purchase Online


When visiting Carvins Cove Natural Reserve, you must display your printed payment receipt on your vehicle dashboard. Guests who purchase a yearly pass online 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. Each yearly pass is limited to two vehicles per household.
Personal boat with trailer entrance passes, which also include land use activities, must be purchased in-person so that your boat can be inspected for invasive aquatic species.
Daily and yearly entrance passes include land use activities and non-trailered/non-motorized personal boat/kayak/stand up paddleboard launching.
Purchase In-person
You can still purchase a daily or annual 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 while the Boat Landing has staff who can assist you.
Please note that annual permits purchased at the payment drop boxes must be purchased with a check and will be mailed to the purchaser at the address provided.
- 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