Historic Sites

• Lexington – 25 min away
  Homes of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee
  Washington and Lee University
  Virginia Military Institute
  Sam Houston’s birthplace – north of Lexington
  Horse and carriage tour of Lexington.
  
  
• Staunton – 30 min away
  Woodrow Wilson’s Birthplace and Presidential Library
  Frontier Culture Museum - A living history museum featuring five different farms.
  Shops in historic downtown district
  


• Charlottesville – 50 min away
  Monticello – home of Thomas Jefferson
  Ashlawn-Highland – home of James Monroe
  University of Virginia
  
  
• New Market – Civil War battle site – 1 hour away

Nearby Attractions

McCormick Farm, Steeles Tavern – 5-10 min away
Place where Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in 1831.
Reconstructed mill and small museum.

Old Stone Church & Cemetary — short walk over the crest of hill to the west of the house.
Historic building, c.1793 and graves of several Revolutionary soldiers.

Pioneer Farm — at Humpback Rocks (also a good place to hike) at milepost 5 along the Blue Ridge Parkway – 35-40 min away.
Working Appalachian farm of the 19th century with living history demonstrations and occasional musical performances.