Central and Western Virginia

Central and Western Virginia Travel Guide

Refined elegance. Rugged country. Much like the contrast between two of the region's Revolutionary War-era giants—Thomas Jefferson, the renowned statesman who steered the early United States into existence, and Patrick Henry, a rough-and-tumble rebel who demanded liberty or death—central and western Virginia presents both of these experiences to the traveler, often simultaneously. More »

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Thomas Jefferson

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Abingdon
Bath County
Blacksburg and the New River Valley
Blue Ridge Parkway
Charlottesville
Dayton
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Lynchburg

Middletown
New Market
Orange
Roanoke
Shenandoah National Park
Staunton
Washington
Winchester

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