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15% Military discount on vacation cottage rental rates and 5% on Events Lodge rates (reunions, weddings, and special private events) for all members of the US Military. We thank you for your service! Bring your family to enjoy nature in the mountains of Virginia! Montfair’s cottages offer a perfect combination… Read More
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation will host a 25th anniversary celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Highland Brewing Company Event Center. The event will highlight the projects and programs within the national park that have been made possible thanks to the support of donors,… Read More
90+ regional artists exhibiting and selling work in a series of six juried shows. Mediums include paint, glass, photography, metals, wood, and more. Free admission & parking shuttle. Park Avenue, 10am-5pm… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 238.5 – 241: Doughton Park Visitor Information Station and Park Store, and Brinegar Cabin Renew your senses amid this landscape of open meadows. Doughton Park is one of the best places along the Blue Ridge Parkway to view white-tailed deer, raccoons, red and grey foxes, and… Read More
Enjoy a 15% discount off nightly vacation cottage rental rates now through November 30, 2023! Clean comfortable lakeside cottages with air conditioning, heat and Wi-Fi. Montfair is a great place to reconnect with family, loved ones and friends. Enjoy onsite fishing, birdwatching, stargazing, onsite canoes and bikes for guest use. Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 418.8: Graveyard Fields Overlook Graveyard Fields is named for the haunting skeletons of ancient trees punctuating an otherwise grassy field, as seen from above at the Graveyard Fields Overlook. The horizon beyond offers a breathtaking view of surrounding mountains. To call the overlook a vista is an… Read More
Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park: Byrd Visitor Center Located in and managed by the Shenandoah National Park, the Harry F. Byrd Sr. Visitor Center is not on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is the next Visitor Center travelers on the Parkway will come to when continuing north onto Skyline Drive… Read More
Holiday Stays: Montfair offers a 15% discount on three and four-night stays and 18.5 % on five-night stays, a 31% for a weeklong stay and 37% off a two week long stay! Celebrate the Winter Holidays of Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year with a vacation in comfort, close… Read More
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation will host a free 30-minute webinar at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, with photographer J. Scott Graham, who will discuss the best ways to enjoy fall color along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Graham will share tips for finding and photographing fall color and discuss his… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 294: Flat Top Manor and Estate at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park This country estate was developed during the 1890s and early 1900s by Moses and Bertha Cone, the son and daughter of German and Jewish immigrants. Moses and his brother Caesar established one of North Carolina’s… Read More