Abingdon Travel Guide
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49 miles SW of Wytheville; 133 miles SW of Roanoke; 437 miles SW of Washington, D.C.; 315 miles SW of Richmond
While on his first expedition to Kentucky in 1760, Daniel Boone tramped across the 2,000-foot-high Holston Valley and camped at the base of a hill near a small settlement known as Black's Fort. When wolves emerged from a cave and attacked his dogs, Boone named the place Wolf Hill. Boone and other pioneers opened the area for settlement, and by 1778, a thriving community named Abingdon had grown up around Black's Fort and Wolf Hill. The Washington County Court House has replaced the fort, but Boone's cave is still behind one of the historic homes on tree-shaded Main Street. Indeed, Abingdon today looks much as it did in those early years, making it one of Virginia's best small towns to visit.
Abingdon's beauty and historic charm have attracted more than its share of actors, artists, craftspeople, and even a few writers. Visitors drive hundreds of miles to attend shows at the Barter, Virginia's official state theater, and the town is crowded the first 2 weeks of August for the popular Virginia Highlands Festival, a display of the region's best arts and crafts.
You can spend a fascinating weekend here walking around the beautiful town, seeing two plays, and literally coasting on your bike down White Top Mountain on the Virginia Creeper Trail, one of the country's great bicycle paths.
