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Saint Paul Loop Trail

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Located near the heart of Saint Paul, the Saint Paul Loop offers six excellent sites for wildlife watching that visitors can enjoy. It includes everything from wetlands to montane to extensive woodland habitats. Intertwining with the Sugar Hill Loop, the Saint Paul Loop Trail varies immensely in elevation and provides a stunning view of the Clinch River Valley. The trail Read more...
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Potts Creek Outfitters

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Potts Creek Outfitters provides year round fly fishing for rainbow and brown trout along our private sections of Potts Creek. Certified casting instructors are available for beginners and experts. Ask about our smallmouth bass float trips on the New River in iflatable rafts and catarafts with fishing frames.Bag your next trophy on thousands of intensely managed deer and turkey habitat. Read more...
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Alpaca Farm Tours: Smith Mountain Lake Farm

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The Best Alpaca Farm Tour!  Designed by professional educator, the 90 min guided tour at Smith Mountain lake Farm is  an educational, and interactive tour for everybody!  All ages enjoy this informative and engaging opportunity to learn “everything alpaca!” Home to over 65 alpacas from prizes bloodlines, the fiber from our farm can be found in Pendleton blankets, scarves, and Read more...
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Beaver Pond Creek Hiking Trail

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Beautiful, free access wilderness area with several miles of hardened surface trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding.  Excellent birding and wildlife viewing. Lakefront views are abundant, and rare elevated hills offer great views of Kerr Lake, the largest lake in Virginia. PLEASE NOTE:  trails are clear but unmarked – please take a GPS device or map with you. Open Read more...
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Jamison Mill FIT Trail

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Description: A half-mile one-way interpretive fitness trail within Philpott Park near the Philpott Lake Visitor Center and Overlook.  The trail is open year round. There are 26 points of interest identified by numbered markers along the trail which correspond to interpretive information in the trail guide available at the trailhead. Exercises are offered at 20 fitness stations along the trail. Read more...
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Bluecat on the New

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Bluecat on the New caters to the needs of groups and individuals. We offer equipment and guidance for the rich river experience you want. Enjoy our back yard and discover what the New River has to offer. Bluecat offers canoe kayak and tube rentals. Also shuttle services are available for the New River and it’s tributaries in Virginia. The Bluecat Read more...
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Johnson Springs

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Johnson Springs is a Jackson River Access Point. Johnson Springs provides access to a serene mirror calm stretch of the Jackson River. Massive sycamores stretch out over the river along the bank, hosting chickadee and titmouse flocks as they travel the river in search of food. Directions: North on US-220 Bear left onto Jackson River Rd Turn left onto Indian Read more...
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J. Frank Wilson Park Trail

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At 1 mile long, the J.Frank Wilson Trail provides every outdoor enthusiast with the opportunity of a quick outdoor excursion. Conveniently located in the heart of the city of Martinsville, all the desired amenities are located within the park or just a short drive. After your hike, enjoy the parks skating facility, disc golf course, and many other opportunities.  Read more...
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Saltville Golf Course

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The 9-hole “Saltville” course at the Saltville Golf Club facility in Saltville, Virginia features 2,802 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 35. The course rating is 0 and it has a slope rating of 125. Water hazards and sand traps make playing this beautiful setting a challenge. The course’s pro shop offers cart rentals, golfing Read more...
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City of Norton

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The City of Norton is the smallest incorporated city in Virginia. Nestled beneath High Knob – the highest point in the Cumberland Mountains – Norton is centrally located between two main highways – U.S. 23 and U.S. Route 58 Alternate – and near the crossroads of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.  The city’s Flag Rock Recreation Area is three miles above Read more...
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Lake Gordon

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The hidden gem fishing lake in Mecklenburg County!  Less known than nearby Kerr and Gaston lakes, Lake Gordon is a serene and quiet spot located just off of Hwy 58, a few miles west of downtown South Hill. This 157-acre, Department lake in Mecklenburg County, has a very good largemouth bass population. Recent sampling showed many bass over 15 inches, Read more...
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Granite Quarry Overlook

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Carroll County offers 30 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway with easy access at Fancy Gap from I-77. Travelers to the parkway may wish to travel south from Fancy Gap to Milepost 202.9 to view the spectacular scenery of the Carolina Piedmont featuring a view of the Mt. Airy Granite quarry. From an elevation of 3,015 ft, much can be Read more...
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Lake Gaston

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Lake Gaston is a vacation home dream!  Located on the border of Virginia and North Carolina, Lake Gaston is roughly 35 miles long and covers over 20,000 acres with 350 miles  of shoreline. Lake Gaston has long been popular for fishing and other water recreation including activities such as boating, swimming, water skiing and wakeboarding.  In Virginia, visitors can gain access Read more...
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Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) Trail Loop

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The Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) Trail Loop of is approximately 3/4 of a mile long natural surface trail used for hiking and mountain biking. The trail begins with crushed rock and changes to a natural surface with slopes and rises with the steepest part being the final leg back to trailhead. The trail winds through a wooded area and Read more...
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The Pro Shop at Danville Golf Club

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The DGC Pro Shop is stocked with Titleist golf balls, gloves and accessories, as well as Footjoy, Turtleson, Oxford and Kate Lord apparel for men and women. We are always accommodating of special orders and gift certificates and are constantly updating our shop inventory. Read more...
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Frances Hurt Park

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Frances Hurt was a community leader and author of plays about Pittsylvania County. The park includes a picnic shelter, child playground, a restored tobacco barn, and walking trail that leads to a bridge connecting the park to the Chatham Fire Station. There are two interpretative signs: one describes the area’s tobacco heritage; the other gives a view of the origins Read more...
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Mountain Farm Tours

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Enjoy a relaxing day on the farm!  Vance Mountain Farm is a 250-acre family-owned working farm. Focusing mainly on beef cattle, there’s plenty of other animals roaming our land to meet.    Your Adventure begins with a tractor pulled hayride winding around the grounds, then a short hike through the woods, ending with a catered picnic style lunch. This is Read more...
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Fields Edge Farm

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Fields Edge Farm is a family farm located along the scenic Rush Fork Road in Floyd County VA. This country road is a destination for cyclists and gives the visitor a glimpse of the verdant beauty of Floyd’s farmlands. This land has been farmed by the Slusher family since 1890, and before that there is evidence that indigenous people had an Read more...
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Panhandle Trail at Occoneechee State Park

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The Panhandle Multi-Use Trail located in Occoneechee State Park is a 15-mile (7.5 miles each way) round-trip trail, with an additional 1-mile spur trail located approximately 3/4 into the hike. This very secluded hike is along a long peninsula jutting into Kerr Lake, and is very lightly traveled.  Many opportunities for wildlife viewing and birding exist, and as this is Read more...
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Natural Tunnel State Park

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More than 850 feet long and as high as a 10-story building, Natural Tunnel was naturally carved through a limestone ridge over thousands of years. William Jennings Bryan called it the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” Other scenic features include a wide chasm between steep stone walls surrounded by several pinnacles, or chimneys.  Facilities include a campground, picnic areas, amphitheater, visitor Read more...
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Seven Sisters Trail

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The length of Seven Sisters Trail is 4.8 miles located on Little Walker Mountain in Wythe County. The trail terminates inside of Stony Fork Campground. Trail users must park outside the Campground (fee area) and access the trail from Stony Fork Nature Trail (located within the campground) or use the parking lot at the east end of the trail. Seven Read more...
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Performance 276

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Performance 276 will push its participants to the best shape of their lives by using constantly varied fundamental movements applied with high-intensity. The 7,000 sqft workout area is equipped with pull-up racks, bar bells, kettle bells, ropes, and rings to help you get the most efficient workout. Performance 276 does not specialize in one specific physical skill; instead it best Read more...
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Martinsville Speedway

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When it comes to motorsports, Martinsville Speedway is a classic. The track opened as a dirt track in 1947 and was part of the first NASCAR season in 1948. Other than being paved in 1955, the track configuration hasn’t changed since Red Byron won the inaugural event and is the only original NASCAR-sanctioned track still running Cup events. At slightly more Read more...
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Grayson County

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Nestled deep in Southwestern Virginia’s gorgeous Appalachian region lies an untouched haven of rugged wonder in Grayson County. From the ancient winding course of the New River to the peaks of the highest mountains in Virginia, Grayson awaits your discovery! If you’re ready to step back in time for an immersive Appalachian Mountain experience, turn off the Interstate and make Read more...
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South Valley Anglers

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Full time professional fly fishing guides in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Fly fishing for musky with some of the regions finest guides. USCG licensed. Float and jet skiff adventures available, seasonal striper fishing available as well as other Virginia species. Read more...
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Crazy Horse Marina

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Crazy Horse is centrally located on beautiful Smith Mountain Lake in a cove just off Blackwater Marker B-10A.  Our facility offers boat slip rentals, 24 hour gas dock, boat launch ramp, ship store with ABC off premise license, pump-out, rest room facilities, and plenty of parking. Crazy Horse is also the home to the restaurant Mexico Viejo where you can Read more...
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Bootleggers Run

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Bootlegger’s Run – part of the Jagged Edge Motorcycle Trail – is a 30-mile drive between the towns of Floyd and Ferrum. This drive features over 100 curves, passes by beautiful views and goes through an area rich in moonshine traditions. Read more...
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Lunenburg Lavender

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We are a working lavender farm in beautiful rural Lunenburg County. We have 2500 lavender plants on approximately 2 acres of our farm. Our Farm and Barn Store are open seasonally May-July and on special dates. We can be found on FACEBOOK under Lunenburg Lavender or www.lunenburglavender.com  Come visit us!  Read more...
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Leeman Field Park

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Historic Leeman Field park, once known as the world’s largest enclosed ballpark from the mid 1930-1950s, located in Pennington Gap, has many activities for the whole family. In the park, tennis, basketball, pickleball courts and sand volleyball, 18-hole disc golf, a 1.4 mile walking trail which extends out on the greenway along the river, 2 children’s playgrounds, a sand box, swimming pool, baseball fields, Read more...
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Treetop Quest at Explore Park

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Treetop Quest is a family adventure for ages four and up, with progressively challenging aerial obstacles guaranteed to provide a thrill like you’ve never experienced! Adventurers soar through the forest on Tarzan swings, traverse cargo nets, balance on tightropes and fly across zip-lines. Participants as young as age four can enjoy this attraction, thanks to continuous belay technology. It’s impossible Read more...
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Highland County

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Located at the western edge of the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the Alleghany Mountains, Highland County enjoys one of the highest mean elevations of any county east of the Mississippi River. Called “Virginia’s Little Switzerland” or “Virginia’s Sweet Spot” with roughly 2300 residents, it is also the least populous county in the Commonwealth.  Monterey, the county seat, is Read more...
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Nottoway Falls

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Aprox 5 miles North of Victoria on Hwy 49 is the Nottoway falls located on the Nottoway River. A man made fishing reservoir/lake and water supply for the Town of Victoria. On the east side of the dam under the bridge are foot paths along the river that take you to natural falls. Large beautiful rock structures, natural water falls Read more...
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Heritage Park of Pulaski

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Heritage Park is located on Dora Highway in the Town of Pulaski.  It offers a covered shelter with picnic tables, gazebo, park area and parking facilities.  You may bring a grill if you wish.  Electricity is available and water is available upon request.  The Park is located on the Dora Trail which is the primary bicycle route and walking trail Read more...
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Lover’s Leap Scenic Overlook

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Lover’s Leap Scenic Overlook is the grandest of several long-range views along your journey through Patrick County. In the 1600’s, white settlers started arriving to the area and began clearing land to farm. Conflict arose between the Native Americans and the settlers. Legend has it that the son of a settler saw the twinkle in the eyes of the Chief’s daughter, Morning Flower, Read more...
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Montgomery County Parks and Recreation

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Montgomery County Parks and Recreation offers the largest and most extensive Whitewater Kayak Program in South West Virginia. Montgomery County is blessed with many opportunities for river programs on the New River, James River and the Little River. Our classes are geared for any skill level from the first time in a kayak to advanced play boating clinics. We provide Read more...
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Fishing in Radford

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Nestled in the scenic New River Valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains you will find a stretch of river featuring: Muskellunge (muskie), Smallmouth (black) Bass, Striped Bass (Striper), Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, Rock Bass, White Bass, Hybrid, Black Crappie, Redbreast Sunfish, Bluegill, and Yellow Perch. Fishing Licenses can be obtained at the Commissioner of the Revenue at 619 Second Read more...

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