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Virginia Creeper Trail
Abingdon, Virginia 24210Filed Under: Cycling, Hiking, Running
Virginia's finest rail-trail, the Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail occupies the bed of what was once a rugged mountain railroad between Abingdon and the Virginia-North Carolina border about ...
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Eastern Shore Of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
Cape Charles, Virginia 23310Filed Under: Hiking, Hunting
Lying at the tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge serves as one of the country's most valuable stopovers for migratory birds. Nestled between the Atla ...
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Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park
Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219Filed Under: Cultural, Hiking
The museum is housed in a mansion built in the 1880s by Rufus Ayers, a Virginia attorney general. The museum was acquired by the commonwealth in 1946 from the Slemp Foundation, established by C. Basco ...
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Greenbrier River Trail
Marlinton, West Virginia 24954Filed Under: Cycling, Hiking, Running
Originally a part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, this 76.6-mile abandoned railroad grade has been developed into a long multi-use trail. The trail runs from North Caldwell to Cass, West Virgini ...
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John H Kerr Dam And Reservoir
Boydton, Virginia 23917Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
This 50,000-acre lake on the Virginia - North Carolina border is one of the largest manmade lakes in the southeast, noted for its record striped bass catches and camping facilities. Camp areas are op ...
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Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg, Virginia 23803Filed Under: Cycling, Hiking, Horseback
Petersburg, Virginia, became the setting for the longest siege in American history when General Ulysses S. Grant failed to capture Richmond in the spring of 1864. Grant settled in to subdue the Confed ...
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Lake Anna State Park
Spotsylvania, Virginia 22553Filed Under: Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Paddling
The land in Lake Anna State Park used to be known as "Gold Hill" and contained the Goodwin Gold Mine. Gold was first discovered in 1829 with mining reaching its peak in the 1880s. The last g ...
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Pocahontas State Park
Chesterfield, Virginia 23832Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Paddling
Just 20 miles from downtown Richmond, the capital of Virginia, Pocahontas State Park has been one of the more popular parks in the state park system. Swift Creek forms the nucleus of the park, which i ...
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Booker T Washington National Monument
Hardy, Virginia 24101Filed Under: Hiking
On April 5, 1856, a child who later called himself Booker T. Washington, was born in slavery on this 207-acre tobacco farm. The realities of life as a slave in piedmont Virginia, the quest by African ...
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Prince William Forest Park
Triangle, Virginia 22172Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Skiing
Established in 1936, Prince William Forest Park, Located in Prince William County, Virginia, is the largest protected natural area in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region at over 14,000 acres. T ...
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