Fishburn Park

Description

Elevation: 1050 ft.

This large multi-use park is situated within the City of Roanoke. In addition to ballfields, tennis courts, picnic shelters, and playscapes, this site offers the nature enthusiast trails along riparian woodlands, creek bed bottoms, forested hillsides, and open, grassy meadows. Avian nesting residents within the wooded areas include rufous-sided towhee, wood thrush, hooded warbler, eastern wood-pewee, and yellow-billed cuckoo. Along the creek bed, look for yellow-crowned night heron, green heron, and Louisiana waterthrush. Along forest edges, look for eastern phoebe, eastern bluebird, and Baltimore oriole. Barred owl and eastern screech owl take residence within these woods, probably drawn to the large sycamore, cherry, walnut, magnolia, and oak trees throughout. The creek bed is an excellent spot to find bullfrog, northern watersnake, and red-backed salamander.

Directions

Physical Address: 2304 Brambleton Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24015

From Salem, head east on Lynchburg Turnpike, continue onto Salem Turnpike NW, turn right onto Peters Creek Rd, turn left onto US-11/Lee Hwy/Brandon Ave SW, turn right onto Carlton Rd SW, turn left onto Grandin Rd SW, turn right onto Guilford Ave SW, turn right onto Woodlawn Ave SW, slight right onto Alberta Ave SW, turn left onto Woodlawn Ave SW, turn right to stay on Woodlawn Ave SW, turn left onto Rosewood Ave SW, turn left onto Brambleton Ave SW, and the parking lot entrance is on the right in approximately 0.3 miles.