The 2025 Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival is tentative. Visit our website for the most up-to-date information.

The Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival will have free guided bird walks in the refuge: Jericho Lane Trailhead, Washington Ditch Trailhead, Wildlife Drive (by bus), and Dismal Swamp Canal (7 am); family activities (10 am to 2 pm); interpretive nature walks and bus tours to Lake Drummond (10 am and 1 pm); guest speakers; live animals; and food trucks.

Schedule of Events:

April 26, 2025

Special Event, 6 AM
Nansemond NWR Bird Walk
?Restricted Access: area only open for registered festival participants?.?

April 27, 2025

Guided Bird Walks, 7 AM
Jericho Lane Trailhead
Washington Ditch Trailhead
Wildlife Drive (Birding by Bus)
Dismal Swamp Canal

Family Activities 10 AM to 2 PM
Great Dismal Swamp Headquarters
3100 Desert Road, Suffolk, VA 23434

Bus Tours of Wildlife Drive 10 AM and 1 PM
Railroad Ditch Trailhead
(Lake Drummond Wildlife Drive)

Date: April 26 - 27, 2025

Location: Great Dismal Swamp NWR, 3100 Desert Road Suffolk, VA 23436

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