Food Scene
Great local restaurant with great food, outdoor seating and great bar! The salmon spinach salad and crab cakes are my picks!!! And they have a $2 Pilsner that is very tasty and refreshing!
55 locals recommend
The Neighbors Place
104 Paulette CirGreat local restaurant with great food, outdoor seating and great bar! The salmon spinach salad and crab cakes are my picks!!! And they have a $2 Pilsner that is very tasty and refreshing!
Cute local coffee shop with great coffee AND tea lattes! Great casual seating even with a spiral staircase that takes you up to the balcony. Try Christmas in a Cup or the Ketten Tea Latte (my favorite)!
Quiet during certain times and bustling during others but you will see lots of people working while they sip their coffees!
47 locals recommend
The Muse Coffee Company
1509 Enterprise DrCute local coffee shop with great coffee AND tea lattes! Great casual seating even with a spiral staircase that takes you up to the balcony. Try Christmas in a Cup or the Ketten Tea Latte (my favorite)!
Quiet during certain times and bustling during others but you will see lots of people working while they sip their coffees!
Amazing artisan fire grilled pizza and salads! Also underneath Jefferson Street Brewery! My favorite: the orange honey wheat beer with a half spinach salad and the wild mushroom pizza!
112 locals recommend
Waterstone Pizza
1309 Jefferson StAmazing artisan fire grilled pizza and salads! Also underneath Jefferson Street Brewery! My favorite: the orange honey wheat beer with a half spinach salad and the wild mushroom pizza!
Family owned and operated. Great bagel sandwiches for breakfast or lunch! Homemade donuts and iced coffee with coffee ice cubes! Genius!
17 locals recommend
Blue Ridge Bagels
19327 Leesville RdFamily owned and operated. Great bagel sandwiches for breakfast or lunch! Homemade donuts and iced coffee with coffee ice cubes! Genius!
Great farmers market!!! Saturday's of course starting early but they also have Green Wednesday's where all the vendors are low or no spray produce! Head inside for a lot of local art and crafts for sale as well as restaurants!
100 locals recommend
Lynchburg Community Market
1219 Main StGreat farmers market!!! Saturday's of course starting early but they also have Green Wednesday's where all the vendors are low or no spray produce! Head inside for a lot of local art and crafts for sale as well as restaurants!
Sightseeing
Poplar Forest was Thomas Jefferson's second home where he would come to refresh his mind and he was quite the green thumb when he would visit for several months at a time. You can tour his home, walk the grounds and visit the shop. Our Airbnb is also on the original land!!!
90 locals recommend
Poplar Forest
1776 Bateman Bridge RdPoplar Forest was Thomas Jefferson's second home where he would come to refresh his mind and he was quite the green thumb when he would visit for several months at a time. You can tour his home, walk the grounds and visit the shop. Our Airbnb is also on the original land!!!
(Copied from their website)
The National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virginia — the community suffering the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation. The Memorial honors the Allied forces that participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 during World War II. With its stylized English Garden, haunting invasion tableau, and striking Victory Plaza, the Memorial stands as a powerful permanent tribute to the valor, fidelity, and sacrifice of D-Day participants. The Memorial is encompassed by the names of the 4,413 Allied soldiers who died in the invasion, the most complete list of its kind anywhere in the world.
Visitors can expect and educational as well as an emotional experience!
119 locals recommend
National D-Day Memorial
3 Overlord Cir(Copied from their website)
The National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virginia — the community suffering the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation. The Memorial honors the Allied forces that participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 during World War II. With its stylized English Garden, haunting invasion tableau, and striking Victory Plaza, the Memorial stands as a powerful permanent tribute to the valor, fidelity, and sacrifice of D-Day participants. The Memorial is encompassed by the names of the 4,413 Allied soldiers who died in the invasion, the most complete list of its kind anywhere in the world.
Visitors can expect and educational as well as an emotional experience!
Parks & Nature
Great hiking trails! Sharp Top for a shorter but steeper trail (most popular), Flat Top for longer meandering trail (less crowded)! Also, take the Blue Ridge Parkway for scenic pullovers. Go north a bit on the Parkway from the Peaks of Otter Lodge & Restaurant to milepost 83 to the Fallingwater Cascades for a beautiful waterfalls hiking trail!
123 locals recommend
Peaks of Otter
Great hiking trails! Sharp Top for a shorter but steeper trail (most popular), Flat Top for longer meandering trail (less crowded)! Also, take the Blue Ridge Parkway for scenic pullovers. Go north a bit on the Parkway from the Peaks of Otter Lodge & Restaurant to milepost 83 to the Fallingwater Cascades for a beautiful waterfalls hiking trail!
Great biking & walking trail! Most of it on the path of an old railroad track even going through a train tunnel! Ride for a while then grab some lunch or dinner at Waterstone or the Depot Grille!
123 locals recommend
Blackwater Creek Natural Area
Great biking & walking trail! Most of it on the path of an old railroad track even going through a train tunnel! Ride for a while then grab some lunch or dinner at Waterstone or the Depot Grille!
Large, beautiful lake with a state park, beach area and lots of boating and fun! Rent a jet ski or visit the shops and restaurants right on the water! Was the scene in the Hallmark movie Lake Effects.
91 locals recommend
Smith Mountain Lake
Large, beautiful lake with a state park, beach area and lots of boating and fun! Rent a jet ski or visit the shops and restaurants right on the water! Was the scene in the Hallmark movie Lake Effects.
Entertainment & Activities
So fun to take younger kids to! Educational, science museum type place with hands on exhibits and a four level indoor jungle gym!
111 locals recommend
Amazement Square
27 9th StSo fun to take younger kids to! Educational, science museum type place with hands on exhibits and a four level indoor jungle gym!
Year round ski and snowboarding resort, except when there is actual snow!!! Tubing as well! So fun!
100 locals recommend
Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre
4000 Candlers Mountain RdYear round ski and snowboarding resort, except when there is actual snow!!! Tubing as well! So fun!
Essentials
Kroger
15069 Forest RdClose by! Great produce, wine and beer selection.
Health food store, local honey and other foods as well as supplements, vitamins, beauty products and bulk foods! The name tells all!
9 locals recommend
Health Nut Nutrition
1701 Enterprise DrHealth food store, local honey and other foods as well as supplements, vitamins, beauty products and bulk foods! The name tells all!
Lifestyle Fitness & Training
110 Vista Centre DrThe have a daily and weekly fee! Quiet gym without the meatheads!
Awesome grocery with specialty foods, butcher and fish monger! Freshly baked artisan bread and decadent desserts. Deli, salad and olive bar and great place to get lunch!
36 locals recommend
The Fresh Market
3901 Old Forest RdAwesome grocery with specialty foods, butcher and fish monger! Freshly baked artisan bread and decadent desserts. Deli, salad and olive bar and great place to get lunch!
Drinks & Nightlife
Virginia's first fruit winery! You have so many more wines to taste then your typical 3 whites and 3 reds. From Blueberry Muffin to Mango Tango to the famous Kiss the Devil, you will have a blast at this winery! Then you can mosey along the orchards and pick your own fruit if you like or head down to see all the farm animals! They also have many jams and jellies and apple cider for purchase!
35 locals recommend
Peaks of Otter Winery
1218 Elmos RdVirginia's first fruit winery! You have so many more wines to taste then your typical 3 whites and 3 reds. From Blueberry Muffin to Mango Tango to the famous Kiss the Devil, you will have a blast at this winery! Then you can mosey along the orchards and pick your own fruit if you like or head down to see all the farm animals! They also have many jams and jellies and apple cider for purchase!
Home of the Wine & Garlic Festival (in October)! Great very unique wines to taste! Beautiful scenery and great people!
32 locals recommend
Rebec Vineyards
2229 N Amherst HwyHome of the Wine & Garlic Festival (in October)! Great very unique wines to taste! Beautiful scenery and great people!
Beautiful, romantic winery and event venue! Great tastings with live music events!
262 locals recommend
Veritas Vineyards and Winery
151 Veritas LnBeautiful, romantic winery and event venue! Great tastings with live music events!