EXPLORE THE BLUE RIDGE - GET OUTSIDE!

After you run around and do all the things listed below - make sure y'all come back and sit a spell on the porch and leave your worries behind.  Visit our Blue Ridge Parkway Page here and Roanoke Outside here, Visit Roanoke.  "Wettest County in the World" page

Allow us to share some of our favorite things to see and do in the area:

1. Franklin County
   
2. Booker T Washington Historic Monument
   
3. Smith Mountain Lake with over 500 miles of shoreline -the jewel of the Blue Ridge
   
4. Sailing School at SML.
   
5. Parasailing
   
6. Wakeboarding/Wakeskating at SML
   
7. Snowboarding year-round in Lynchburg
8. Hot Air Balloon Rides
   
9. Lake Community Park for Franklin County
   
10. Virginia Dare Paddle Cruise
    
11. National D Day Memorial Bedford
    
12. Recreation at Philpott Lake and Fairy Stone State Park 
13. Natural Bridge one of the 7 wonders of the world
    
14. Hiking and Site-seeing on the Blue Ridge
    
15. Blue Ridge Institute - Appalachian Culture award winning exhibits
    
16. Fish Virginia First - Fishing Trail
    
17. Horseback Riding - Trail Rides
    
18. Floyd - Famous Friday Night Jamboree
    
19. Kayak, Canoe, Float or Fish The James River - Lynchburg
    
20. Mountain Biking - Roanoke
    
21. VA Birding & Wildlife Trail - Mtn Loop
    
22. Covered Bridges of Virginia
    
23. Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre - Ferrum
    
24. Showtimers Community Theatre - Roanoke
    
25. Best Restaurants in Roanoke
    
26. Roanoke Virginia where you can find concerts&shows, Mill Mountain Zoo, shopping malls, Roanoke Star and fun restaurants downtown
    
27. The Rex Theater of Galax VA
    
28. Martinsville Speedway just 25 minutes south of the B&B
    
29. Franklin County Speedway - local - races every Sat night Apri-Oct - it's wild
    
30. Golf - award winning course
    
31. Helo Tours at The Lake
    
32. Red Hill - Patrick Henry's home
    
33. Hunter's Raid Civil War Trail
    
34. Reynold's Homestead -  Birthplace and boyhood home of tobacco manufacturer R. J. Reynolds
    
35. Poplar Forest - the Summer Home of Thomas Jefferson
    
36. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum
    
37. The surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse
    
38. Civil War Traveler - follow this guide to locate historical war sites
    
39. Montpelier - the Lifelong Home of President James Madison and Father of the Constitution
    
40. "You may be whatever you resolve to be." Thomas J. Jackson - Stonewall Jackson House
    
41. Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail
    
42. Historic Lexington
    
43. Virginia Military Institute
    
44. Discover Lynchburg
    
45. Come and see historic Bedford
    
46. Laurel Hill - birthplace of J.E.B. Stuart
    
47. Discover Appalachia - National Geographic
    
48. Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery - located near Smith Mountain Lake
    
49. AmRhein Wine Cellars - Bent Mountain on the Parkway
    
50. Chateau Morrisette at the Meadows of Dan - Excellent Restaurant and award winning winery with Music Festivals, Hike & Gourmet Lunch, Winemaker's Dinners - on the Parkway
    
51. Villa Appalachia MP 170 on The Parkway
    
52. Tomahawk Mill Winery - GRAPE STOMPING, music, food and fun at their annual Summer Festival
    
53. Peaks of Otter Winery - Bedford
    
54. Valhalla Vineyards - near Roanoke
    
55. SW VA Antique Farm Days Fest
    
56. Roanoke Festival in the Park
    
57. Kirk Avenue Music Hall and Down by the River Summer Festivals in Roanoke
58. Mayberry Drive-In Theater and 50's Diner
    
59. Virginia Museum of Transportation 
    
60. O. Winston Link Museum (Railroad Photography at its best!)
    
61. Roanoke Art Museum -Taubman
    
62. Danville Museum - Last Capital of the Confederacy
    
63. Drive Thru Safari Park - Hands on Animal Encounter (Lexington)
    
64. The Blue Ridge Farm Museum located on the campus of Ferrum College
    
65. History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia
    
66. Amazement Square - Lynchburg Children's Museum
    
67. Blue Ridge Antique Center in Rocky Mount (5 miles North on Hwy 220) Nice antique mall - We can give directions!
    
68. Emerson Creek Pottery
    
69. Artisan Center Along the Crooked Road - end of our St
    
70. Floyd Country Store with World Famous Friday Night Jamboree's
    
71. Oddfella's Cantina and Music
    
72. Black Dog Concert Series at Château Morrisette Winery
    
73. "The Crooked Road" Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
    
74. Local Jams in Rocky Mount
    
75. Floydfest annually in July
76. Blue Ridge Wine Trail: Wine, Cider, Mead & Ale
    
77. Round the Mountain - SW VA Artisan Network
78. Adventure Tourism in the Blue Ridge Highlands