From the Atlantic Ocean to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia golf promises great beauty and geographic diversity.

The different regions welcome Virginia visitors to a wide range of outdoor activities, such as snowskiing in the mountains and playing golf in the valley both in the same day! Golfing, hiking, bicycling and camping are year-around activities in Virginia, and the coastal regions provide plenty of opportunity for year-around water sports

Richmond *State Capitol

Richmond is the capital of Virginia and one of America’s most historic cities.

Richmond - History, Art and Culture

Richmond has a significant art community, and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is consistently ranked as one of the best in the nation.

Tthere are also several attractions nearby, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Richmond Symphony, and the Richmond Ballet.

The Byrd Theatre in Carytown is a classical movie theater from the 1920s era that still features movies on a regular basis, and has become popular among the college student population, particularly due to its low ticket price of $2.00.

The Science Museum of Virginia is housed in the neoclassical Union Station, designed by Beaux-Arts-trained John Russell Pope in 1919.

Adjacent to the Science Museum is the Richmond Children's Museum, a fun-filled museum for children with many hands-on activities.

St. John's Church, the site of Patrick Henry's famous, "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.

Edgar Allan Poe Museum features many of his writings and other things from his life

The John Marshall House, the home of the former Chief Justice of the United States

Hollywood Cemetery is also the burial grounds of two U.S. Presidents as well as many other civil war officers and soldiers.

Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway meanders 469 miles from Shenandoah National Park in northern Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.

The parkway follows the Appalachian Mountain chain and provides some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, ranging from 650 to 6,000 feet in elevation. A hundred species of trees, a variety of flowering shrubs and wildflowers as well 54 different mammals and 59 species of birds live along the parkway, more than the entire European continent! Skyline Drive connects to the northernmost section of the parkway, winding along the crest of the mountains from Waynesboro northward 105 miles to Front Royal..

Developed sites along the parkway make it easy to stop, park, stretch, visit restrooms and exhibits, hike and get a bite to eat. Lodging and campgrounds are available with opportunities to fish and view wildlife.

Colonial Williamsburg

As the world's largest living history museum, the entire colonial town stays in character 24 hours a day — shop keepers, townsfolk, children at play, farm families, marching militia, tavern folks — encouraging you to immerse yourself in the lifestyle of the 18th century and have plenty of fun doing it.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum features an extensive collection of American and British antiques, showcasing the diversity of the Virginia colonists.

Young patriots can enjoy hands-on activities and exhbitis throughout the winter, such as Wee Folk, Map Quest and Crack the Code.

Monticello 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902

Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece and beloved mountaintop home. The gardens at Monticello were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world. The Monticello plantation of 5,000 acres was a center of agriculture and industry, and was home not only to the Jefferson family, but to workers, black and white, enslaved and free.

Information (weekdays 9 am-5 pm): (434) 984-9822
Recorded visitor information: (434) 984-9800

Monticello is on Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway) in Albemarle County, near Interstate 64 Exit 121, approximately 5 miles from downtown Charlottesville and the University of Virginia, 70 miles from Richmond, 110 miles from Williamsburg and 125 miles from Washington, D.C.

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