Area Attractions and Things to Do
There’s no shortage of things to do around here!
Our Main St. location grants easy access to nearby Shenandoah National Park, great hikes, countless wineries and breweries, and many historic sites. Register for a Virginia fishing license and cast your line into any number of nearby trout streams.
Hiking
Graves Mill Trail (13.1 miles, 19 minutes)
White Oak Canyon Lower Falls trailhead (14 miles, 22 minutes)
Old Rag Mountain trailhead (16.6 miles, 23 minutes)
Shenandoah National Park – Swift Run Gap entrance, access to Skyline Drive (23.4 miles, 30 minutes)
Fine Dining*
The Inn at Little Washington, Washington, VA (27.8 miles, 34 minutes)
Blue Door Kitchen and Inn, Flint Hill, VA (32.9 miles, 40 minutes)
Blue Rock, Washington, VA (24.9 miles, 30 minutes)
Three Blacksmiths, Sperryville, VA (21.8 miles, 27 minutes)
*Reservations are required for these restaurants.
Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries
Bald Top Brewing Co.** (1.7 miles, 4 minutes)
Early Mountain Vineyard (4.4 miles, 7 minutes)
Revalation Vineyards (4.8 miles, 8 minutes)
Prince Michel Vineyard & Winery (6.9 miles, 9 minutes)
Blue Quartz Winery (8.6 miles, 12 minutes)
WAR Craft Brewery Cidery Distillery (11.3 miles, 17 minutes)
Mountain Run Winery (14 miles, 17 minutes)
Ducard Vineyards (11.7 miles, 18 minutes)
Barboursville Vineyard & Ruins (20.3 miles, 26 minutes)
Copper Fox Distillery** (22.2 miles, 29 minutes)
**Owner-recommended favorites
Historic Sites
U.S. Presidential History
Montpelier, President Madison’s Home (16.4 miles, 25 minutes)
Rapidan Camp, President Hoover’s Mountain Camp/Retreat (16.2 miles, 58 minutes)
Monticello, President Jefferson’s Home (36.1 miles, 46 minutes)
Highland, President James Monroe’s Home (38.5 miles, 50 minutes)
George Washington’s Ferry Farm, boyhood home of President George Washington (52.2 miles, 1 hour 3 minutes)
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum (64.3 miles, 1 hour 12 minutes)
Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites
Cedar Mountain Battlefield (15.6 miles, 21 minutes)
Exchange Hotel Civil War Medical Museum (19.9 miles, 29 minutes)
Graffiti House, Brandy Station (23.9 miles, 25 minutes)
Brandy Station Battlefield (27.5 miles, 30 minutes)
Wilderness Battlefield (36.8 miles, 40 minutes)
Chancellorsville Battlefield (39.6 miles, 44 minutes)
Fredericksburg Battlefield (50.1 miles, 59 minutes)
New Market Battlefield (53.4 miles, 1 hour 13 minutes)
Fisher’s Hill Battlefield (61.6 miles, 1 hour 23 minutes)