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PHOTO COURTESY OF VISIT VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE

dayTrips
Roanoke
Lynchburg

Appomattox
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Natural Bridge
PHOTO COURTESY OF VIRGINIA STATE PARKS

SALEM

MABRY MILL

Salem - known nationally
as Virginia's Championship
City, a premier destination
for tournaments and sporting
events - is also a city with great
music, food, shopping and
fantastic events, including the
Salem Fair, Blue Ridge Music
Festival and Olde Salem Days.
visitsalemva.com

Visit the sawmill, woodworking
and blacksmith's shops. See
apple butter made on Sundays
in October. Visit craftsmen
showing how they weave
baskets, cane chair seats, spin
wool and weave fabric. Photo
opportunities are plentiful.
mabrymillrestaurant.com

LYNCHBURG
Lynchburg is a vibrant and charming
city with historic sites, recreational
and cultural opportunities including four-season mountain
fun at the Liberty Mountain
Snowflex Centre, extraordinary
shopping, gracious dining and
first-class accommodations.
lynchburgvirginia.org

MARTINSVILLE
SPEEDWAY
Watch NASCAR drivers as they
roar around this track. It's
small at a little over a halfmile, but enthusiasts brag
that it's one of the biggest
when it comes to action.
martinsvillespeedway.com

NATURAL BRIDGE
STATE PARK OF
VIRGINIA
Pass beneath 30 stories of
solid rock along the beautiful
Cedar Creek trail. The Drama
of Creation, a sound and light
show depicting the seven days
of creation, is presented at dusk.
dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks

LEXINGTON
George Washington left his mark
here. Robert E. Lee lived and
is buried here. So is Stonewall
Jackson. Immerse yourself in
their times with a tour. Shop
for antiques, gifts and fresh
chocolates in the quaint shops.
lexingtonvirginia.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

BLUE RIDGE
PARKWAY

FLOYD

The parkway is a delight to
travel. From Peaks of Otter
(Milepost 86) to Milepost 121.4 it
is full of natural beauty, pioneer
cabins, splitrail fences, mountain
forests, quiet river streams,
wildlife and wildflowers-all
looking over a patchwork of
farms. nps.gov/blri

ROANOKE
Steam trains built the Roanoke
Valley and now the Taubman
Museum of Art defines its skyline.
Roanoke's identity is also defined
by museums and art galleries,
opera, symphony, pinball
museum, Center in the Square
and downtown market area, the
Roanoke Star; and the zoo along
with fine restaurants and shops.
visitroanokeva.com

ARTISAN TRAILS
'Round the Mountain',
headquartered at Heartwood
in Abingdon, serves as the hub
for a network of more than 400
Southwest Virginia artisans.
myswva.org

Just about any Friday night, you
can tap your toes to Blue Ridge
Mountains music at the Friday
Nite Jamboree that takes place
at the Floyd Country Store.
The store stocks locally made
crafts, such delicacies to take
home as corn cob jelly, and
serves the staple country meal
of pinto beans and cornbread.
floydvirginia.com

APPOMATTOX
Journey to the site where
Confederate Army Gen. Robert
E. Lee surrendered to Lt.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the
Appomattox County McLean
House, ending the Civil War.
nps.gov/apco

THE CROOKED ROAD
Virginia's heritage music trail,
the Crooked Road is a network
of venues in Southwest
Virginia that highlight the best
of bluegrass, old time and
traditional country music.
thecrookedroad.org

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http://www.mabrymillrestaurant.com http://www.visitsalemva.com http://www.nps.gov/blri http://www.floydvirginia.com http://dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks http://www.nps.gov/apco http://www.lynchburgvirginia.org http://www.visitroanokeva.com http://www.thecrookedroad.org http://www.lexingtonvirginia.com http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com http://www.myswva.org

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