Attractions
Okay, some of you folks have to travel for this clambake, and as we are getting married we need you to entertain yourselves some. Its a holiday weekend, and there is plenty of non-wedding stuff to take in while you are here. Go nuts!
For more see Harrisonbug Tourism:
http://www.harrisonburgtourism.com/v.php?pg=28
Harrisonburg Children's Museum
Tuesdays - Saturdays: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sundays: 1:00 - 4:00 PM
First Friday of month : 5 - 8 PM (free admission)
The museum is located in downtown Harrisonburg, on Court Square at 30 N. Main Street. From interstate 81, take Exit 247-B which will put you on Market Street (Route 33 West). Proceed straight on Market Street through five traffic lights until you come to a T-intersection at the sixth light. The Rockingham County Courthouse will be directly in front of you. Turn right at the sixth light onto Main Street (Route 11). You will immediately see HCM on your right. Drive past the museum and turn right at the next light onto Elizabeth Street. Parking is available in the City parking deck on your left.
Luray Caverns
Do you know the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite? There will be a quiz...
Also at Luray Caverns: Car and Carriage Caravan Museum,Singing Tower,Garden Maze
Eastside Speedway
Race Info Hotline - 540-942-1219
Eastside is located approximately 1 mile north of the Waynesboro city limits on State Rt 340.
Waynesboro, VA 22980
SBRA Drag Racing! SNT Stock Car Racing! Outlaw Kart Racing!
Eastside Speedway is a full function racing facility set in the heart of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley In Virginia. With a backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains and plenty of fresh mountain air, you will have a wonderful time either at our 1/8 mile Dragstrip, or our 4/10 mile Dirt Oval track ot our paved oval Go-Kart track.
Eastside provides plenty of good food and ice cold drinks to fill your tummy or quench your thirst. Handicap accessible restrooms that are kept clean. Eastside continues to be the place to be for a weekend of enjoyment in the valley and for many miles around.
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
Step into a world of natural beauty at this outdoor living plant museum that is the only active, publicly oriented arboretum on a Virginia state-supported University campus and features an array of forests and gardens. The arboretum offers classes, lectures, tours, travel programs, and other special events.
Heritage Oaks Golf Course
This challenging and scenic 18 hole, par 70 public course features a wide variety of holes, including links style holes and traditional, tree-lined holes, that golfers of all abilities will enjoy playing. A well stocked pro shop is also on site. If you like to smoke cigars, drink beer and cuss join the bride's brother for the afternoon.
Jefferson's Monticello
Monticello, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. The house is of Jefferson's own design and is situated on the summit of an 850-foot (260 m)-high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap. Monticello is Italian for "little mountain."
An image of the west front of Monticello was featured on the reverse of the 5 cent coin of the United States of America coined from 1938 to 2003 (the image returned to the reverse of the coin beginning in 2006) and on the reverse of the United States of America two dollar bill that was printed from 1928 to 1966.
The Blue Ridge Parkway
We live in once of the most beautiful places in the country. Take an afternoon drive, camp, hike or fish in the park- from the website:
Outstanding scenery and recreational opportunities make the Blue Ridge Parkway one of the most popular units of the National Park System. "America's Favorite Drive" winds its way 469 miles through mountain meadows and past seemingly endless vistas. Split-rail fences, old farmsteads and historic structures complement spectacular views of distant mountains and neighboring valleys.
The Parkway incorporates several recreation areas, some exceeding 6,000 acres. These parks within the Parkway have visitor centers, camp grounds, picnic areas, trails and, in many instances, concessionaire-operated lodges, restaurants, and other facilities.
For information on staying and enjoying the Blue Ridge Parkway:
Virginia Tourism Corporation
901 E Byrd Street
Richmond, VA 23219
800 VISITVA. www.virginia.org
The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
The Frontier Culture Museum is an outdoor, living-history museum and educational institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Museum currently features six permanent, outdoor exhibits comprised of original farm buildings from Britain, Germany, and Virginia. These buildings have been carefully documented, dismantled, transported to Virginia, and restored. The Museum's exhibits serve as the settings for interpretative and educational programs designed to increase public knowledge of the diverse Old World origins of early immigrants to America, of how these immigrants lived in their homelands, how they came to America, and how the way-of-life they created together on the American frontier has shaped the success of the United States.
