Posted: 6/3/2005 5:50:43 AM EDT
| Name your "top ten" places in Virginia. If you feel froggy, add why you feel they are worthy of "Top Ten" status. |
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1. Mt. Vernon 2. Arlington Cemetary 3. Great Falls 4. Skyline Drive, in the fall. 5. GW Masonic Temple {being at the top is my earliest memory} 6. Luray Caverns 7. Smith Mountain Lake {....a couple of very fun and very wild parties...} 8. Pony Crossing Chincoteague Island 9. Wakefield Chapel {it's where I got married....  }10. Roanoke Star (believe it's called Mill Mountain Star) |
Being not very well traveled in Virginia, my "favorite places" in addition to my comments above: - Warrenton(?) for the Gold Cup races - Various vinyards along Rt15 Heading North/West from Leesburg - "Old Town" Leesburg; Walking distance for my wife and I, which we frequent on the weekends - 2001 Virginia Wine Festival at Great Meadow in The Plains - Williamsburg, specifically being on the James River. Also enjoy the Michelob Classic there. - Middleburg... I just like the old homes. - Hiking "Old Rag" Mountain... I think it's in Luray. |
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These aren't in any particular order: 1. Sherando Lake – Great mountain biking 2. Crabtree Falls – An incredible place to hike that is kid (and wife) friendly 3. Douthat State Park – The best mountain biking in the state 4. Smith Mountain Lake – Great mountain biking 5. Home Quarry – Great mountain biking and contains two of my favorite (and most difficult) trails in the state. 6. Catawba/Dragon’s Back – One of my favorite race courses 7. Belle Isle – Incredible trails right in Richmond 8. Front Royal/Buzzard Rock – Great mountain biking 9. Seashore State Park – Some of my favorite trails in the state but they are illegal so you have to be careful 10. Wakefield Park – A great network of trails right along the beltway! |
So you like to bike huh????? 
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Hmmmm... In no partticular order: - Monticello - Most of the battlefields are good. The one I like best is Fisher's Hill, which isn't much as battlefields go but I usually have it to myself and there is a tree there that is interesting to see. During the civil war it had all the branches cut off, was cut flat about 20 feet up and had a platform for a lookout placed on top. It survived but is the most gnarled, twisted thing you've ever seen and it is the oldest tree known to be living in VA. - It's not quite in VA but Harper's Ferry is interesting both for sceneray and because it was a weapons factory. - Most of the Blueridge Parkway is good. There are a few spots on Skyline Drive that are more scenic but on Skyline drive you've got to pay to get there, can't carry a gun and have to deal with too many other people. - Abingdon has some fun stuff, although it usually ends up with me sitting around a lot waiting for my wife to come out of some little shop or other. |
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I can't think of a full 10 places but I would add these few: Virgina Beach Hwy 17 from Rt 301/ Ft AP Hill through Rappahannock to Hampton Va. Bon Air Memorial Rose Garden, Arlington Va. The view of Washington DC/Crystal City/National Airport from Ft. Meyer Danville VA (Virginia International Raeway) All of the State WMA's - for hunting and hiking Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel "grywlf52 McDowell- Breastworks" Where they make medieval armor? |
Some historians consider the battle of McDowell the beginning of ``Stonewall'' Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign, while others prefer to include First Kernstown, Stonewall's only defeat. The battle of McDowell is studied today by military historians for several reasons. At the tactical level, it can be argued that the US forces achieved a draw. Milroy's ``spoiling attack'' surprised Jackson, seized the initiative, and inflicted heavier casualties, but did not drive the Confederates from their position. Historians derive lessons about use of terrain, small unit tactics and leadership, and overexuberance under fire (12th Georgia). At the strategic level, the battle of McDowell and the resultant withdrawal of the US army was an important victory for the South. The battle demonstrated Jackson's strategy of concentrating his forces against a numerically inferior foe, while denying his enemies the chance to concentrate against him. Jackson rode the momentum of his strategic win at McDowell to victory at Front Royal (23 May) and First Winchester (25 May). |
Damn! I was hoping it was a "Hooters" the size of Willamsburg. (Just kidding) You appear to be a Civil War history buff. In Pensacola Florida we had Ft. Barrancas - an old Spanish fort used as a prison during the Civil War and during the Indian Wars. It was a very nice Civil War museum at one time. What would be the best Civil War Museum in Virginia? |
Manassas and New Market battlefields both have some decent visitor centers and museums. There's also a decent one down near Fredericksburg. Not Wilderness, the next one close to F-burg. Appomatox Courthouse is a decent setup as well. |
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Dudes, yall are messed up .... And what's with limiting it to 10 No particular order :) And these don't even include firearms shops (i.e. Greentops and DeGoffs) Clarks Gun Shop Inc., Warrenton VA 20186 Gilbert Small Arms Range, Lorton VA 22079-1497 Norfolk County Rifle Range, Chesapeake VA 23321-1715 Amelia Wildlife Management Area, Amelia Courthouse VA 23002 Annandale Small Arms Range, Annandale VA 22003 Arrowhead Gun Club, Chase City VA 23924-0025 BATH COUNTY SHOOTING RANGE, Hot Springs VA 24445 Bedford Rifle & Revolver Club Inc, Bedford VA Big Woods Hunt Club/Hunters Clays, Inc., Washington VA 22747-2152 Blackcreek Shooters Association, Mechanicsville VA 23111-6843 Blue Ridge Arsenal, Inc., Chantilly VA 20151-1525 Blue Ridge Shooters Club, Inc., Buena Vista VA 24416 Bobs Gun Shop, Norfolk VA 23510-2012 Brushy Mountain Club, Gretna VA 24557-3257 Bull Run Shooting Center, Centerville VA 20121 Camp David 2, Waverly VA 23890 Cavalier Rifle & Pistol Club, Richmond VA 23233-4432 Charles City Sporting Clays & Hunting Preserve, Charles City VA 23030-2907 Chickahominy Range, Charles City VA 23030 Cumberland State Forest Center, Cumberland County VA 23040 Dominion Shooting Range, Richmond VA 23225 Dublin Skeet Club, Dublin VA 24084-0280 Fairfax Rod & Gun Club, Manassas VA 20111-4212 Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays, Harrisonburg VA 22802-2803 Fort Lee Outdoor Recreation, Fort Lee VA 23801 Fredericksburg Rod & Gun Club, Fredericksburg VA 22404-0418 Gun Rack 2, Hopewell VA 23860 Halifax County Gun Club, South Boston VA 24592-6632 Hite Hollow Shooting Range, Staunton VA 24401 HUNTING PLANTATION, SCOTTSBURG VA 24589 Izaak Walton League Arlington-Fairfax, Centreville VA 20122-0366 Izaak Walton League Loudoun County, Leesburg VA 20176 Izaak Walton League of Lynchburg, Lynchburg VA 24502-0002 Izaak Walton Skeet & Trap Club, Charles City VA 23030 Izaak Walton--Lynchburg Trap & Skeet Club, Madison Heights VA 24572-4101 LOW MOOR SHOOTING RANGE, Covington VA 24426 Lynnhaven Shooting Range, Inc., Virginia Beach VA 23452-7812 National Sportsman Association, Woodbridge VA 22195 Old Forge Sporting Clays, Providence Forge VA 23140 Orion Estate Hunting Preserve, Lovingston VA 22949 Piedmont Sportsman Club, Orange VA 22711-9601 POTTS SLOPE SHOOTING RANGE, New Castle VA 24127 PSS Range and Training, Roanoke VA 24012 Quantico Shooting Club, Quantico VA 22134-5036 Red Apple Orchard Gun and 3 D Archery Club, Shipman VA 22971-9801 Richmond Gun Club, Charles City VA 23030-2114 Rivanna Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc., Charlottesville VA 22903-0246 Roanoke Rifle & Revolver Club Inc., Roanoke VA 24025-2453 Shenandale Gun Club, Staunton VA 24401-8312 Shooters Paradise (VA), Woodbridge VA 22191 Straight Shooter, Inc., Colonial Heights VA 23834-3701 Superior Pawn Company, Norfolk VA 23505 Sussex Shooting Sports, Waverly VA 23890 The Homesteads Shooting Club, Hot Springs VA 24445 Timber Ridge Shooting Grounds, Concord VA 24538 Triangle Sportsmens Club, Bluefield VA 24605 Virginia Beach Outdoor Range, Virginia Beach VA 23457-1240 Virginia Beach Rifle and Pistol Club, Virginia Beach VA 23466-2541 Virginia Rifle & Pistol Club, Charlottesville VA 22904-4510 Walnut Hill Shooting Center, Caret VA 22436 West Side Shooting Range, Bridgewater VA 22821 Westerly Shooting Preserve & Sporting Clays, Middleburg VA 20118-0385 |
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The lower Potomac river - One of the best largemouth bass fisheries in the country. The upper Potomac river - anywhere above Great Falls, you can wade to the MD side during the summer and catch huge numbers of smallmouth bass. Anywhere in the Piedmont - Hunter's heaven Gwynn's Island - best kept secret for light tackle saltwater fishing. CBBT - A true engineering feat that is no only a sight to behold, it holds incredible varieties of fish. The entire Valley - At dawn, it will make an aetheist doubt his beliefs. |
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Not nescessarily in this order.... 1.Pungo....A little country near the city 2.Backbay......SAA 3.Sandbridge.....Quiter Beach Although I like the Outer Banks a lot more 4.Petersburg Battlefield.........History Buff 5.Gaines Mill.....History Buff 6.Yorktown.......SAA 7.New Market.......SAA 9. Virgnia War Museum.........SAA...... Sturmgewehr....and other neat guns. 10.Hanover County.....Hist. Buff and just some nice scenery. 11. Richmond..... Dont Know why? 12.Crabtree Falls 13.Powhatan County.......Rural,and thats how I like it baby... 14. Williamsburg. 15. 460 from Suffolk to I.95 16. The New downtown Norfolk..... Museums and such....... |
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I didn't live in VA long enough to come up with 10... White Oak Canyon Cedar Run Falls Old Rag -Favorite hiking spots along the AT/Skyline Drive. Chickahominy WMA -Free rifle/pistol range. Especially when no one else is there. Chesapeake Light -First navigation aid you use when sailing in to Hampton Roads; almost home when you get see it. Croatan or Damn Neck -Best beach for napping in the sun or playing in the surf First Landing (Seashore) St. Park -The landward side of US 60 has nicely maintained running trails, some on boardwalks over cypress swamp Romney and, Paw-Paw (WV) -Two good places to put in canoes on the South Branch and Upper Potomac. |
Drove by Mt. Trashmore on my way to VB for vacation. What's up with the name? Was it a landfill at one point? |
My list (again, in no order): 1. Reddish Knob 2. Raven's Roost 3. Sherando Lake 4. Crabtree Falls 5. Virginia Museum of Transportation (In Roanoke. The museum is not that great, but you get to climb on the trains!) 6. The Indian/American Cafe in Harrisonburg (It is run by a couple from Nepal. I spent a month in Nepal in 2001 and this couple is a distant relative to one of the folks I stayed with (I found out later). The food and smells bring back great memories) That's my list for now. Thanks for all the other entries, now I have some more places to explore! |