Things to Do
There are some really neat things to do right around the farm.
Outdoor Recreation
- Foster Falls State Park (you can rent bikes, horses, canoes, tubes); great access to the new river and the New River Trail State park. Overall beautiful place! There is also a lot of historical items and information.
Distance from Farm: 10 Minutes
History
- The Shot Tower: Next to Foster Falls where they made lead shot for the civil war (very neat place). Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke (VERY COOL)
Distance from Farm: 10 Minutes
Brunch/lunch/Tea options
Brunch:
- The Merc
- The Draper Village
- Village Grill
Distance from Farm: 15 Minutes
Dining
- Graze on Main – 30 min
- The Log House – 30 min
- Starkey’s – 40 min
- Sal’s – 40 min
- Cabo Fish Taco – 45 min
- El Guacho – 45 min
- Eastern Divide Brewery – 45 min
- Tons Blacksburg, VA – 45 min
Breweries
- The River Company – 30 min
- Seven Dogs Brewery – 30 min
- Seven Sister Brewery – 30 min
- Long Way Brewery – 40 min
- Rising Silo – 45 min
- Eastern Divide – 45 min
- Eastern Divide Brewery – 45 min
- Moon Hollow – 45 min
- Maroon Door – 45 min
Wineries
- Iron Heart Winery – 0 min walk
- Spinning Jenny – 15 min
- West Wind Winery – 15 min
- Chateau Morrisette – 50 min
- Beliveau Estate – 60 min
Distilleries
- Salty Stash Distillery – 0 min walk
- River City Distillery – 40 min
- JH Bards – 45 min
- Five Mile Mountain – 45 min
- Davis Valley – 50 min
Hikes
- The Cascades in Giles (100′ waterfall) – 90 min but worth it!
- New River Trail – 3 min
Biking
- The New River Trail – 3 min
- Hoover Bike Park – 3 min (Both only about 1.5 mile from the farm but need your own bikes). Can rent bikes at Foster Falls or Draper Mercantile Junction.
Baseball
- The Pulaski Yankees – 15 Min
You could send part of your peeps to that if you wanted to get some coverage of that (pretty neat ballpark).
Water
- Claytor Lake State Park – 30 nin
- New River – 7 min (multiple access points)
- Multiple large streams – 0 min (on our farm including in front of all cabins that you are welcome to swim/wade/fish)
- Gatewood Park – 25 min
Mountain 2 Island rents paddle Boards and Pontoons 20-30 min
Music
- Floyd Country Store Friday night jamboree 6:30-10:30. Keep a sober driver after dinner and head there afterwards. 45 min
Boutiques
- The Farmers Daughter – 30 min
- The Curios Quill – 15 min
- Gem City – 22 min
Farmers Market
- Wed/Sat – Blacksburg – 50 min
- Thu – Christiansburg – 40 min
- Southwest Virginia Farmers Market (Hillsville) – 15 min
- Wytheville Sat – 30 min
- Radford Sat – 40 min
- Pulaski Tues – 25 min
- Independence Sat – 1 hr
Note: Most of the GOOD markets are on Saturday
Drives
- Blue Ridge Parkway 20 min to entry
- Route 8 Southbound to Stuart 30 min to entry
- Rt 52 Southbound to Cana/Mount Airy 10 min to entry
- Rt 42 through bland 40 min to entry
Things to See
- Mabry’s Mill (most photographed water mill in the US) 90 min
- Dixie Caverns – 80 min
- Cascades waterfall – 90 min