Entertainment Districts

Abingdon, Virginia

Abingdon VA's Main Street entertainment district in the Virginia Highlands provides the far southwest Virginia community with the Barter Theatre, fine dining, and arts galleries in one of the most charming small-town entertainment environments in the Appalachian region near the Creeper Trail.

Alexandria, Virginia

Old Town Alexandria is a beautifully preserved historic district with over 200 restaurants, bars, shops, and entertainment venues along cobblestone streets dating to the 1700s. The King Street corridor from the Metro to the Potomac waterfront offers the densest concentration of dining and nightlife in Northern Virginia, anchored by the waterfront marina, the Ford's Theatre-era Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary, and dozens of independent bars and restaurants.

King St & Union St 22314

Alexandria, Virginia

Old Town Alexandria's King Street entertainment district is one of Northern Virginia's most charming and walkable entertainment destinations, a colonial-era grid of boutique restaurants, craft cocktail bars, wine shops, and live music establishments stretching from the King Street Metro to the Potomac River waterfront. One of the most densely concentrated and high-quality entertainment neighborhoods in the DC metro area.

Alexandria, Virginia

Old Town Alexandria is the most beautifully preserved 18th-century American town in the Mid-Atlantic — a King Street waterfront community where George Washington worshipped, where Robert E. Lee was born, and where outstanding restaurants, excellent boutiques, and the remarkable Torpedo Factory Art Center create one of America's finest small colonial city entertainment experiences. Old Town's extraordinary architectural preservation and its remarkable Potomac River setting create an entertainment district of genuine American founding era historical significance.

King St, Alexandria, VA 22314

Alexandria, Virginia

Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town Alexandria VA is a 1918 munitions factory converted into one of America's most active working artist studio complexes, with over 160 artists working in open studios alongside galleries and the Target Gallery for contemporary art. Old Town Alexandria's King Street entertainment corridor, with its historic taverns, restaurants, and boutique shops, makes this one of the most walkable entertainment neighborhoods in the DC metro area.

105 N Union St 22314

Arlington, Virginia

Arlington VA's Clarendon and Ballston entertainment corridors along the Orange Line provide Northern Virginia with some of the DC metro area's most vibrant urban entertainment options, with dozens of bars, restaurants, and live music venues serving the large professional and military population of the county that borders Washington DC.

2832 Wilson Blvd 22201

Arlington, Virginia

Arlington's Clarendon neighborhood is Northern Virginia's most energetic nightlife district, centered on Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards near the Clarendon Metro station. Dozens of bars, restaurants, and nightclubs fill this densely packed corridor, with late-night options continuing well past 2am on weekends — making it the go-to destination for young professionals in the Northern Virginia and DC suburbs.

Wilson Blvd & Clarendon Blvd 22201

Arlington, Virginia

Crystal City in Arlington VA has undergone dramatic transformation since Amazon HQ2's selection, with the National Landing development bringing new restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues to the Potomac Yard and Crystal City neighborhoods along the Blue and Yellow Line metro corridor.

Arlington, Virginia

Crystal City and Pentagon City in Arlington form a rapidly evolving entertainment corridor anchored by the Crystal City Underground, Pentagon City Mall, and Amazon's HQ2 development. The neighborhood features a growing collection of restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues serving the Pentagon workforce, Amazon employees, and Reagan National Airport arrivals.

Crystal Dr & 18th St S 22202

Blacksburg, Virginia

Blacksburg VA's Main Street entertainment district along North Main Street and Draper Road adjacent to Virginia Tech serves one of Virginia's largest university populations with bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues for the 35,000+ Hokie students. Blacksburg is one of Virginia's most vibrant college towns for its combination of engineering culture and mountain outdoor recreation.

Bristol, Virginia

Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol VA/TN honors the 1927 Bristol Sessions where Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family first recorded, creating the founding document of American country music. The museum's cultural programming and proximity to the Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR venue create a distinctive entertainment environment at the Tennessee-Virginia state line.

520 Birthplace of Country Music Way 24201

Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville's Downtown Mall is one of Virginia's most celebrated pedestrian shopping and entertainment districts, a 7-block brick pedestrian mall lined with restaurants, bars, the historic Paramount Theater, independent bookstores, and the Virginia Film Festival venues. The combination of University of Virginia's cultural influence and the mall's walkable design creates one of the most intellectually vibrant small-city entertainment districts in the South.

Charlottesville, Virginia

IX Art Park in Charlottesville VA is a creative arts park in a former iron works building presenting outdoor concerts, art installations, food trucks, and community events on a seven-acre campus that has become one of the most unique creative gathering spaces in Virginia.

522 2nd St SE 22902

Charlottesville, Virginia

The Corner is the entertainment neighborhood adjacent to the University of Virginia — a W. Main Street corridor where outstanding independent restaurants, excellent bars, and the remarkable intellectual community of one of America's finest public universities create an entertainment district of extraordinary Virginia academic community significance. The Corner's remarkable Dave Matthews Band connection (the band formed at Miller's on the Corner) and Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece just up the hill create an entertainment district of genuine American music and academic historical significance.

W Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Chesapeake, Virginia

Chesapeake VA, one of Virginia's largest cities by area, provides the southern Hampton Roads community with the Great Bridge area restaurants, the Annual Chesapeake Jubilee Festival, and entertainment venues serving the sprawling suburban city that is one of Virginia's most family-oriented communities.

Danville, Virginia

Danville VA's revitalizing Main Street corridor and the Craghead Street arts district are transforming this former textile and tobacco city into a growing arts and entertainment destination serving the Dan River region of southside Virginia near the North Carolina border.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fredericksburg VA's Caroline Street historic district between the Rappahannock River and Mary Washington University is one of Virginia's most attractive small-city entertainment corridors, with colonial-era buildings housing craft breweries, cocktail bars, and restaurants that serve the commuter community between Washington DC and Richmond.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Downtown Fredericksburg's Caroline Street historic district has developed a vibrant arts and entertainment scene, with craft breweries, restaurants, and bars serving the I-95 corridor city midway between Washington DC and Richmond VA.

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg's Court Square at the heart of the Shenandoah Valley's commercial hub provides the James Madison University community and Rockingham County residents with restaurants, bars, and local entertainment in Virginia's most vibrant Shenandoah Valley city.

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Downtown Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley along Court Square and West Water Street serves James Madison University's 22,000 students with a vibrant college-city entertainment scene including live music venues, craft breweries, and restaurants that have made Harrisonburg one of Virginia's most appealing smaller cities for dining and drinking.

Herndon, Virginia

The Dulles Technology Corridor along Route 28 in Loudoun and Fairfax Counties provides Northern Virginia's technology industry workforce with restaurants and entertainment options in Herndon, Sterling, and Ashburn serving one of the most economically productive suburban corridors in the United States.

Lynchburg, Virginia

Downtown Lynchburg VA's Main Street and Commerce Street corridor has undergone significant revitalization, with craft breweries, cocktail bars, and restaurants serving the Liberty University community and the broader central Virginia market in a historic railroad and tobacco processing city.

Lynchburg, Virginia

Downtown Lynchburg along Commerce Street and Main Street on the James River provides the central Virginia hub city with a growing arts and entertainment district serving Liberty University's large population alongside the local Lynchburg community.

Manassas, Virginia

Prince William County in northern Virginia along the I-95 and I-66 corridors provides one of the DC suburbs' fastest-growing communities with restaurants, bars, and entertainment options in Manassas, Woodbridge, and Dumfries serving the diverse residential communities that have made Prince William County one of Virginia's most populous and ethnically diverse jurisdictions.

Middleburg, Virginia

Middleburg VA in the Virginia Piedmont is the center of Virginia's prestigious wine country, with Boxwood Estate, Chrysalis Vineyards, and dozens of other wineries creating a wine tourism economy along the Virginia Wine Experience corridor through Loudoun, Fauquier, and Rappahannock Counties.

Newport News, Virginia

Newport News VA along Jefferson Avenue and the City Center development at Oyster Point provides the large south-of-the-James Peninsula community with entertainment options serving one of Virginia's most populous cities between Hampton and Williamsburg.

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood surrounding the Chrysler Museum of Art is one of Hampton Roads's most vibrant entertainment districts, with craft cocktail bars, restaurants, and the museum's popular Art After Dark evening programs drawing the region's creative and arts-focused community.

Norfolk, Virginia

Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk VA anchors the arts district along Mowbray Arch and the surrounding Historic District with world-class glass collections, special exhibitions, and regular programs that serve as Hampton Roads's most distinguished cultural institution.

Norfolk, Virginia

Downtown Norfolk Waterfront is Hampton Roads' most vibrant urban entertainment destination — a Waterside Drive corridor where the extraordinary Nauticus maritime museum, outstanding restaurants, excellent bars, and the remarkable proximity to the world's largest naval station create an entertainment environment of unique American naval city significance. Norfolk's remarkable combination of extraordinary military heritage, outstanding arts investment (the Chrysler Museum of Art has one of the finest glass collections in the world), and genuine maritime character creates an entertainment district of genuine Virginia naval city cultural significance.

Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510

Norfolk, Virginia

Freemason Street in downtown Norfolk connects the historic St. Paul's church district to the Town Point Park waterfront, forming a pedestrian entertainment corridor with restaurants, galleries, and bars that serve the growing urban residential community in Norfolk's revitalized downtown core.

Norfolk, Virginia

Ghent in Norfolk VA is Hampton Roads's most charming urban entertainment district, a early 20th-century residential neighborhood surrounding the Ghent Square shopping center with independent restaurants, bars, galleries, the Naro Cinema, and coffee shops creating a walkable arts village atmosphere that attracts Norfolk's creative and professional class.

Norfolk, Virginia

Granby Street in downtown Norfolk is the primary entertainment corridor for Hampton Roads's most urban city, with bars, restaurants, live music venues, and the historic Naro Expanded Cinema concentrated in a walkable downtown that serves the Navy/military base community, Old Dominion University, and Norfolk's growing urban residential population.

Norfolk, Virginia

Downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Memorial and surrounding Granby Street corridor provide the Hampton Roads region with a concentrated entertainment district that has grown through the Waterside District development and the ongoing revitalization of one of Virginia's most historically significant port cities.

Norfolk, Virginia

Waterside District on Norfolk's Elizabeth River waterfront is Hampton Roads's most complete waterfront entertainment complex, featuring multiple restaurants, bars, live music, and waterfront event space following a major 2017 renovation of the original 1983 Waterside Festival Marketplace. The redevelopment has made Waterside the social anchor of downtown Norfolk's evening entertainment scene.

333 Waterside Dr 23510

Purcellville, Virginia

Loudoun County's western communities including Purcellville, Middleburg, and the Virginia wine country along Route 7 provide Northern Virginia with wine tasting rooms, country inns, and rural entertainment serving the equestrian and winery tourism economy of one of America's fastest-growing and most affluent counties.

Reston, Virginia

Reston Town Center in Fairfax County VA is one of the most successful planned mixed-use developments in America, with restaurants, bars, a skating rink, the Hyatt Regency hotel, and regular public events on the pavilion creating a genuine downtown atmosphere in Northern Virginia's most complete urban village. Reston Town Center's annual concerts, wine festivals, and holiday events attract visitors from throughout the DC suburbs.

Richmond, Virginia

Brown's Island on the James River is Richmond's most beloved outdoor entertainment space — a 14-acre island in the James River adjacent to the Tredegar Iron Works historic site that hosts the National Folk Festival, Dominion Energy Riverrock outdoor festival, and summer concert series. The island's dramatic setting surrounded by Class III rapids in the heart of Richmond creates an outdoor entertainment atmosphere completely unique in the American South, connecting urban entertainment to the natural landscape that defines Richmond's character.

Brown's Island, Richmond 23219

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond VA's Canal Walk along the historic Kanawha Canal connects the James River and Kanawha Canal district through the Shockoe Bottom and Downtown neighborhoods, providing one of the East Coast's most scenic urban walking paths alongside restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues in restored industrial buildings.

Richmond, Virginia

Carytown is Richmond's most beloved urban shopping, dining, and entertainment district — a mile-long stretch of Cary Street lined with independent restaurants, bars, vintage shops, and theaters. The Byrd Theatre (a 1928 movie palace charging $1 for second-run films), dozens of eclectic restaurants, and a walkable festival atmosphere make Carytown the heart of Richmond's independent culture.

Cary St between Thompson St and Boulevard 23221

Richmond, Virginia

Carytown is Richmond's most beloved urban shopping and entertainment district, a mile-long stretch of Cary Street with independent restaurants, bars, and music venues that serve as the city's social and cultural anchor. The neighborhood's mix of independent businesses, weekend street activity, and arts-forward atmosphere makes it the heart of Richmond's local culture.

Cary St, Richmond VA 23221

Richmond, Virginia

Carytown along West Cary Street in Richmond VA is one of the South's most vibrant independent retail and entertainment districts, a mile of independently owned boutiques, restaurants, cocktail bars, the Byrd Theatre cinema, and coffee shops that serves as Richmond's creative heart and the model for authentic urban commercial district development.

Richmond, Virginia

Carytown is Richmond's most beloved neighborhood entertainment district — a W. Cary Street corridor where outstanding independent restaurants, excellent craft cocktail bars, and the remarkable collection of vintage shops and independent bookstores create Virginia's finest neighborhood entertainment experience. Carytown's extraordinary collection of independent businesses (it is one of the few remaining American shopping districts that is almost entirely independent) and its beautiful residential setting create an entertainment district of genuine Virginia independent community cultural significance.

W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23221

Richmond, Virginia

Scott's Addition is Richmond's most vibrant craft beverage and entertainment district, a former industrial neighborhood in Richmond's near west end that has become the city's brewery, distillery, and cidery hub. With over a dozen craft beverage producers including The Veil Brewing Co., Ardent Craft Ales, Reservoir Distillery, and more, Scott's Addition is a must-visit destination for Richmond's food and drink culture.

Scott's Addition, Richmond VA 23220

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond's RVA entertainment scene encompasses one of the South's most complete urban entertainment ecosystems — a city where Scott's Addition craft breweries, the Fan District bars, Carytown boutiques, and the National music venue create an entertainment environment that consistently ranks among the best in the Southeast. Richmond's affordability (significantly cheaper than Washington DC, just 1.5 hours north) and its extraordinary creative community create one of the South's most dynamically evolving entertainment cultures.

Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220

Richmond, Virginia

Jackson Ward in Richmond VA is a historically significant African-American neighborhood designated the 'Harlem of the South' for its early 20th-century cultural and economic vitality. Today Jackson Ward's Gilpin Court and the surrounding blocks present a growing arts and restaurant scene along Broad Street, 2nd Street, and Clay Street that honors the neighborhood's historic importance to Black American commercial and cultural life.

Richmond, Virginia

Scott's Addition is Richmond's brewing and entertainment district — a former industrial neighborhood that has transformed into one of America's most impressive craft brewery clusters. With over a dozen breweries, cideries, and distilleries within walking distance (Ardent, Hardywood, Isley, Triple Crossing, Veil, and more), plus restaurants and the Diamond baseball stadium, it's a nationally recognized craft beverage destination.

W Broad St & Boulevard 23220

Richmond, Virginia

Scott's Addition in Richmond VA is one of the Southeast's most dramatic urban entertainment district transformations, a former industrial district converted into Virginia's densest concentration of craft breweries, distilleries, cideries, and restaurants. With more than a dozen breweries in a 12-block area, Scott's Addition has established Richmond as a national destination for craft beer enthusiasts.

Richmond, Virginia

Scott's Addition is Richmond's most dramatically transformed entertainment district — a former industrial neighborhood now home to Virginia's most concentrated craft brewery, distillery, and cidery corridor. Scott's Addition's extraordinary density of outstanding craft producers (over 20 craft breweries, distilleries, and cideries in a single square mile) and its remarkable industrial-to-creative transformation create an entertainment district of genuine American craft brewing district cultural significance.

W Leigh St, Richmond, VA 23230

Richmond, Virginia

Shockoe Bottom is Richmond's historic warehouse entertainment district near the James River, home to one of the highest concentrations of nightclubs, bars, and late-night restaurants in Virginia. The neighborhood's industrial architecture, proximity to the riverfront, and dense concentration of venues make it the center of Richmond's nightlife on weekends.

17th St & E Main St 23223

Richmond, Virginia

Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom are Richmond's most historically complex entertainment neighborhoods — 19th-century warehouse districts where the cobblestone streets, outstanding restaurants, excellent bars, and the haunting history of Richmond's role as the center of the American domestic slave trade create an entertainment environment of profound American historical significance. Richmond's difficult but honest engagement with its history and the neighborhood's remarkable preservation create an entertainment district of genuine American historical memory significance.

E Cary St, Richmond, VA 23219

Richmond, Virginia

Shockoe Slip in downtown Richmond VA is one of Virginia's most historic entertainment districts, an 1830s cobblestone warehouse district along East Cary Street that has been renovated into an upscale bar and restaurant neighborhood. The district's historic brick architecture, cobblestone streets, and concentration of Richmond's most sophisticated dining and drinking establishments make Shockoe Slip the city's most visually distinctive entertainment corridor.

E Cary St, Richmond VA 23219

Roanoke, Virginia

Downtown Roanoke's Campbell Avenue and surrounding Market District has developed a vibrant arts and entertainment scene including the Taubman Museum of Art, Center in the Square, and a growing restaurant and bar corridor that has made Roanoke one of Virginia's most underrated creative cities.

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke VA's Mill Mountain and the surrounding Roanoke Valley provide a scenic outdoor and cultural entertainment environment, with the Taubman Museum of Art, Center in the Square arts complex, and the Historic Roanoke City Market creating one of southwest Virginia's most complete urban arts and entertainment destinations.

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke's City Market District is the most vibrant small-city entertainment district in the Virginia Blue Ridge — a Market Square community where the most historic continuously operating farmers market in the South, outstanding restaurants, excellent craft bars, and the extraordinary mountain views create an entertainment experience of genuine Appalachian Virginia city significance.

Market Square, Roanoke, VA 24011

Roanoke, Virginia

Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke VA is a striking Randall Stout-designed contemporary art museum presenting visual arts exhibitions and public programs alongside the City Market Building and Center in the Square cultural complex that anchors Roanoke's growing downtown arts district.

110 Salem Ave SE 24011

Suffolk, Virginia

Suffolk VA's historic downtown along Commerce Street provides the peanut capital of the world with local bars and restaurants serving the western Hampton Roads community in one of Virginia's geographically largest cities.

Tysons, Virginia

Tysons Corner in Fairfax County along the Silver Line Metro has emerged as one of Northern Virginia's most concentrated entertainment destinations, with the Tysons Corner Center mall, Capital One Hall performing arts venue, and dozens of restaurants and bars serving the employment center that is the largest office market in the DC suburbs.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Atlantic Avenue at the Virginia Beach oceanfront is the spine of one of the East Coast's most active beach resort entertainment districts, with dozens of bars, restaurants, and live music venues running parallel to a three-mile boardwalk. The Virginia Beach resort area presents a year-round entertainment economy anchored by the oceanfront hotel row that draws both the military community of the Hampton Roads base area and mid-Atlantic vacation travelers.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach's Atlantic Avenue oceanfront entertainment strip from 1st to 40th Streets represents one of the Atlantic Coast's most active beach resort entertainment districts, with hundreds of bars, restaurants, music venues, and entertainment establishments serving the 8 million annual visitors to Virginia Beach's beaches. The strip operates year-round but reaches peak activity between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach Oceanfront entertainment district is one of the most vibrant beach resort entertainment corridors on the American East Coast — an Atlantic Avenue boardwalk where outstanding seafood restaurants, excellent oceanfront bars, the American Music Festival (one of the largest free music festivals in America), and 35 miles of pristine Atlantic beach create a summer entertainment experience of considerable Virginia coastal significance.

Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach's Atlantic Avenue entertainment strip and Neptune Festival week in September represent the resort city's most active entertainment district, with bars, clubs, and live music venues stretching the length of the oceanfront from 2nd to 40th Streets serving the massive Virginia Beach summer tourism market.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach Town Center is the city's urban core development, an entertainment and dining district in central Virginia Beach providing restaurants, bars, the Zeiders Theater, and civic spaces for a city that otherwise lacks a traditional downtown. The most walkable and urban entertainment destination in Virginia Beach.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Busch Gardens Williamsburg is one of America's most beautiful theme parks, presenting world-class roller coasters and rides alongside European-themed villages and major seasonal entertainment including Halloween Howl-O-Scream and the Holiday Illuminights. The park's Festhaus and concert venues present live entertainment year-round.

Williamsburg, Virginia

The Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area and surrounding New Town development in Williamsburg VA attract 4 million+ visitors annually, with taverns, restaurants, and entertainment venues in both the colonial restoration and the modern commercial corridor serving Virginia's most visited historic destination.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Colonial Williamsburg presents living history entertainment throughout the year, with evening tavern entertainment, militia musters, fife and drum performances, and character interpreter interactions in the world's most comprehensively restored colonial American city. The annual Grand Illumination holiday event and summer musical programs make Williamsburg one of Virginia's most distinctive entertainment destinations.

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester VA in the northern Shenandoah Valley honors its most famous native daughter, country music legend Patsy Cline, with a historic house museum and annual Patsy Cline Tribute concert. Winchester's Loudoun Street pedestrian mall entertainment district provides the Shenandoah Valley gateway city with restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues.

Woodbridge, Virginia

The Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, and Dale City corridor in Prince William County serves one of northern Virginia's fastest-growing suburban communities with entertainment and dining options along the I-95 and Route 1 corridors between Manassas and Fredericksburg.

Alderson, West Virginia

Alderson presents a historic Greenbrier River town entertainment district straddling two counties.

Ansted, West Virginia

Hawks Nest State Park presents an aerial tramway and 585-foot overlook of the New River Gorge near Ansted.

49 Hawks Nest Park Rd 25864

Barboursville, West Virginia

Barboursville Park presents an amphitheater and community events near Huntington, West Virginia.

Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine presents guided underground tours of a real coal mine in New River Park.

Beckley, West Virginia

New River Park presents concerts and community events alongside the exhibition coal mine in Beckley.

Beckley, West Virginia

Tamarack presents West Virginia artisan crafts, food, and performance space alongside I-64/I-77 in Beckley.

1 Tamarack Park 25801

Beckley, West Virginia

West Virginia Veterans Memorial presents tribute exhibits and community events in Beckley, West Virginia.

Belington, West Virginia

Belington presents a small Barbour County entertainment district in north-central West Virginia.

Belle, West Virginia

Belle presents a small Kanawha Valley chemical-industry town entertainment district near Charleston.

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Berkeley Springs State Park presents George Washington's namesake mineral spring bathhouse in America's first spa town.

2 S Washington St 25411

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Downtown Berkeley Springs presents galleries and spas along Washington Street in the Eastern Panhandle.

Bluefield, West Virginia

Downtown Bluefield presents restaurants known for free ice water dispensed downtown on hot summer days, the 'Air-Conditioned City.'

Bramwell, West Virginia

Bramwell Historic District presents Gilded Age mansions built by coal barons, once the wealthiest town per capita in America.

Bridgeport, West Virginia

Downtown Bridgeport presents restaurants near North Central West Virginia Airport in Harrison County.

Buckhannon, West Virginia

Downtown Buckhannon presents restaurants serving West Virginia Wesleyan College and the annual Strawberry Festival.

Buckhannon, West Virginia

West Virginia Wildlife Center presents native wildlife exhibits including elk and bison near Buckhannon.

Cass, West Virginia

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park presents vintage steam locomotive excursions up Bald Knob in a preserved logging town.

242 Main St 24927

Charles Town, West Virginia

Charles Town Races & Slots (Hollywood Casino) is the Eastern Panhandle's most important entertainment destination — a thoroughbred horse racing and gaming facility in a community named for George Washington's brother Charles Washington. Charles Town's remarkable historical heritage (John Brown was tried and executed here for his Harpers Ferry raid) and Hollywood Casino's consistent entertainment programming create an entertainment district of genuine West Virginia historical and gaming entertainment significance.

750 Hollywood Dr, Charles Town, WV 25414

Charles Town, West Virginia

Jefferson County Courthouse Historic District presents restaurants near the site of John Brown's 1859 trial in Charles Town.

Charleston, West Virginia

Capitol Market presents a year-round farmers and specialty market with live music events in downtown Charleston.

800 Smith St 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Capitol Street is West Virginia's most important entertainment corridor — a state capital street where outstanding restaurants, excellent bars, the Clay Center, and the beautiful West Virginia State Capitol create the most vibrant urban entertainment experience in Appalachia. Charleston's remarkable combination of natural beauty (the Kanawha River valley, surrounded by Appalachian ridges), outstanding cultural institutions, and genuine West Virginia community character creates an entertainment district of considerable West Virginia significance.

Capitol St, Charleston, WV 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Haddad Riverfront Park presents summer concerts and festivals along the Kanawha River in downtown Charleston.

Charleston, West Virginia

Sunrise Museums present a planetarium and art galleries in a historic Charleston estate.

Charleston, West Virginia

West Virginia State Capitol Complex presents guided tours of a gold-domed capitol overlooking the Kanawha River.

Chester, West Virginia

Chester presents a small Northern Panhandle entertainment district on the Ohio River near the Pennsylvania border.

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Downtown Clarksburg presents restaurants near the Stonewall Jackson statue in Harrison County.

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Waldomore Historic House presents local heritage exhibits and community events in downtown Clarksburg.

Clay, West Virginia

Downtown Clay presents restaurants around the Clay County courthouse square.

Clendenin, West Virginia

Clendenin presents a small Elk River community entertainment district in Kanawha County.

Davis, West Virginia

Blackwater Falls State Park presents a namesake amber-tinted waterfall and lodge dining near Davis, West Virginia.

1584 Blackwater Lodge Rd 26260

Davis, West Virginia

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge presents boardwalk trails through the largest wetland complex in the central Appalachians.

Davis, West Virginia

Canaan Valley Resort presents skiing and golf in the highest valley of its size east of the Mississippi.

Droop, West Virginia

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park presents the site of the last major Civil War battle in West Virginia.

Dunbar, West Virginia

Dunbar presents restaurants along the Kanawha River in the Charleston metro area.

Elkins, West Virginia

Downtown Elkins presents restaurants and the Mountain State Forest Festival grounds in Randolph County.

Elkins, West Virginia

Mountain State Forest Festival Grounds host West Virginia's oldest and largest forest festival, running since 1930 in Elkins.

Elkview, West Virginia

Elkview presents restaurants along the Elk River northeast of Charleston.

Fairmont, West Virginia

Downtown Fairmont presents restaurants along the Monongahela River, birthplace of Father's Day.

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Bridge Day presents an annual BASE-jumping festival on the New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia.

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Cathedral Falls presents a roadside waterfall attraction on Route 60 near Fayetteville, West Virginia.

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Fayetteville is the gateway town to New River Gorge National Park — America's newest national park (designated December 2020), where Bridge Day (the annual October event drawing 80,000 people to rappel and base jump from the New River Gorge Bridge) and the most spectacular whitewater in the East create an outdoor adventure entertainment district of remarkable West Virginia significance.

Court St, Fayetteville, WV 25840

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Flatwoods presents outlet shopping and restaurants along I-79 in Braxton County, West Virginia.

Franklin, West Virginia

Downtown Franklin presents restaurants in the Potomac Highlands near the Virginia border.

Gassaway, West Virginia

Gassaway presents a small Braxton County railroad-town entertainment district in central West Virginia.

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

Gauley Bridge presents whitewater rafting outfitters at the confluence of the New and Gauley rivers.

Glen Jean, West Virginia

National Coal Heritage Area Visitor Center presents southern West Virginia's coal-mining heritage exhibits in Glen Jean.

Grafton, West Virginia

International Mother's Day Shrine presents the church where Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908 in Grafton.

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank Observatory presents tours of the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope in the National Radio Quiet Zone.

155 Observatory Rd 24944

Hansford, West Virginia

Hansford presents a small Kanawha River community entertainment district near Charleston.

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is America's most historically loaded small town — where John Brown's 1859 raid on the federal armory ignited the Civil War, where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers converge in a spectacular gorge, and where the Appalachian Trail passes through the most significant historical site in its entire 2,190-mile length. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park's extraordinary Civil War significance and its remarkable natural beauty create an entertainment district of singular American historical significance.

High St, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park presents preserved Civil War-era buildings at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.

Hendricks, West Virginia

Blackwater Canyon Trailhead presents rail-trail hiking and biking access near Hendricks, West Virginia.

Hico, West Virginia

Hico presents whitewater rafting lodges near the New River Gorge in Fayette County, West Virginia.

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum presents the childhood home of the Nobel Prize-winning author in Hillsboro, West Virginia.

Hinton, West Virginia

Hinton's historic district hosts the annual Railroad Days festival celebrating the town's C&O Railway heritage.

Huntington, West Virginia

Camden Park presents a historic wooden roller coaster and rides, one of the oldest amusement parks in the U.S.

Huntington, West Virginia

Heritage Farm Museum and Village presents Appalachian heritage exhibits and living-history demonstrations near Huntington.

Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington's Fourth Avenue entertainment district serves the city of Marshall University — a community where the extraordinary resilience of the Marshall football program (rebuilt after the 1970 plane crash that killed the entire team) and Huntington's genuine Ohio River city character create an entertainment district of remarkable American sporting community resilience significance.

4th Ave, Huntington, WV 25701

Huntington, West Virginia

Ritter Park presents a rose garden and amphitheater events in a historic Huntington neighborhood park.

Hurricane, West Virginia

Hurricane presents restaurants and community event space in the Charleston-Huntington corridor.

Keyser, West Virginia

Downtown Keyser presents restaurants serving Potomac State College in Mineral County, West Virginia.

Kingwood, West Virginia

Downtown Kingwood presents restaurants around the Preston County courthouse square.

Lansing, West Virginia

Adventures on the Gorge presents whitewater rafting, zip-lining, and live music events near the New River Gorge Bridge.

Lansing, West Virginia

New River Gorge National Park — America's newest national park (2020) — has transformed the Fayetteville and Lansing area into one of the East Coast's most exciting adventure tourism destinations, with Bridge Day festival drawing 80,000 people annually for BASE jumping and rappelling from the New River Gorge Bridge. The park's surrounding entertainment ecosystem of outdoor recreation outfitters, farm-to-table restaurants, and craft breweries in Fayetteville has created a vibrant new tourism entertainment district in the heart of Appalachian West Virginia.

Grandview Visitor Center, Lansing 25862

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lewisburg is West Virginia's most charming and culturally sophisticated small city — a National Historic District where outstanding independent restaurants, the West Virginia Carnegie Hall, the legendary Greenbrier Resort nearby, and the beautiful Greenbrier Valley create an entertainment environment of remarkable Appalachian elegance. Lewisburg's remarkable combination of 18th-century architecture, outstanding culinary culture (it has been called one of America's most surprisingly excellent small food cities), and Greenbrier proximity create an entertainment district of genuine West Virginia cultural distinction.

Washington St, Lewisburg, WV 24901

Lewisburg, West Virginia

North House Museum presents Greenbrier Valley heritage exhibits in downtown Lewisburg, West Virginia.

Lewisburg, West Virginia

State Fair of West Virginia presents concerts, rides, and rodeo events annually in Fairlea near Lewisburg.

Logan, West Virginia

Chief Logan State Park presents an outdoor drama amphitheater and lodge dining in Logan County, West Virginia.

Man, West Virginia

Man presents a small Logan County coalfield entertainment district in southern West Virginia.

Marlinton, West Virginia

Downtown Marlinton presents restaurants along the Greenbrier River Trail in Pocahontas County.

Marmet, West Virginia

Marmet presents a small Kanawha Valley entertainment district southeast of Charleston.

Matewan, West Virginia

Matewan Historic District presents restored buildings and bullet holes from the 1920 Matewan Massacre coal-mine-war shootout.

Montgomery, West Virginia

Downtown Montgomery presents restaurants along the Kanawha River, former home of WVU Tech.

Moorefield, West Virginia

Downtown Moorefield presents restaurants in the South Branch Valley of the Potomac Highlands.

Morgantown, West Virginia

Downtown Morgantown is West Virginia's most energetic entertainment district — a High Street and Sunnyside corridor where WVU's 29,000 students create one of the most vibrant college town entertainment scenes in the American South. Morgantown's remarkable WVU community passion and its extraordinary PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) system (the only automated elevated transit in America connecting a city to its university) create an entertainment district of unique American college town transportation and community significance.

High St, Morgantown, WV 26505

Morgantown, West Virginia

Hazel Ruby McQuain Park presents riverfront concerts and an amphitheater along the Monongahela River in Morgantown.

Morgantown, West Virginia

Wharf District presents riverfront restaurants and the WVU PRT system terminus near downtown Morgantown.

Moundsville, West Virginia

Grave Creek Mound Historic Site presents one of the largest conical burial mounds in the U.S. in downtown Moundsville.

Moundsville, West Virginia

West Virginia Penitentiary presents historic and ghost-hunting tours of a decommissioned Gothic-style prison in Moundsville.

818 Jefferson Ave 26041

Mount Hope, West Virginia

Mount Hope presents restaurants near the New River Gorge National Park's southern entrance.

New Cumberland, West Virginia

Tomlinson Run State Park presents lake recreation and camping in the Northern Panhandle near New Cumberland.

New Martinsville, West Virginia

Downtown New Martinsville presents restaurants along the Ohio River in Wetzel County.

Nitro, West Virginia

Downtown Nitro presents restaurants in a WWI-era munitions boomtown along the Kanawha River.

Oak Hill, West Virginia

Downtown Oak Hill presents restaurants serving whitewater rafting outfitters near the New River Gorge.

Oak Hill, West Virginia

New River Gorge National Park Visitor Center presents the iconic New River Gorge Bridge overlook near Oak Hill.

162 Visitor Center Rd 25848

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park presents a sternwheeler ferry ride and restored 1800s mansion on the Ohio River.

Parsons, West Virginia

Downtown Parsons presents restaurants at the confluence of the Cheat River's forks in Tucker County.

Paw Paw, West Virginia

Paw Paw Tunnel presents a historic 3,118-foot C&O Canal tunnel and towpath near the Potomac River.

Petersburg, West Virginia

Downtown Petersburg presents restaurants along the South Branch Potomac River in Grant County.

Philippi, West Virginia

Philippi Covered Bridge Historic District presents the nation's oldest and longest double-lane covered bridge still in use, site of the Civil War's first land battle.

Pipestem, West Virginia

Pipestem Resort State Park presents an aerial tramway and Bluestone Gorge overlooks in southern West Virginia.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Museum presents exhibits on the legendary 1966 Mothman sightings in downtown Point Pleasant.

400 Main St 25550

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Tu-Endie-Wei State Park presents a monument to the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant at the Ohio-Kanawha river confluence.

Princeton, West Virginia

Downtown Princeton presents restaurants and the Princeton Railroad Museum in Mercer County.

Princeton, West Virginia

Princeton Railroad Museum presents Norfolk & Western railroad heritage exhibits in Princeton, West Virginia.

Rainelle, West Virginia

Rainelle presents a small former lumber-town entertainment district in Greenbrier County.

Ranson, West Virginia

Ranson presents restaurants adjacent to Charles Town in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.

Renick, West Virginia

Renick presents a small Greenbrier County farming community entertainment district in West Virginia.

Richwood, West Virginia

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area presents a boardwalk through a rare bog ecosystem near Richwood, West Virginia.

Ripley, West Virginia

West Virginia State Folk Festival Grounds host the state's oldest folk festival, running annually since 1963 in Ripley.

Romney, West Virginia

Downtown Romney presents restaurants in West Virginia's oldest incorporated town, chartered in 1762.

Rupert, West Virginia

Rupert presents a small Greenbrier County entertainment district in southeastern West Virginia.

Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

Seneca Rocks Discovery Center presents interpretive exhibits at the base of a 900-foot quartzite rock formation.

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Downtown Shepherdstown presents restaurants serving Shepherd University's campus community along the Potomac River.

Sissonville, West Virginia

Sissonville presents a small rural entertainment district north of Charleston, West Virginia.

Smithers, West Virginia

Smithers presents a small Kanawha Valley entertainment district near Cannelton, West Virginia.

Snowshoe, West Virginia

Snowshoe Mountain Bike Park presents lift-served mountain biking trails in the off-season at the ski resort.

Snowshoe, West Virginia

Snowshoe Mountain Village serves West Virginia's premier ski resort with the most dramatic mountaintop entertainment experience in the mid-Atlantic Appalachians — a 4,848-foot summit village where outstanding ski-in ski-out bars, excellent restaurants, and the extraordinary views of the Allegheny Mountains create a winter resort entertainment district of remarkable West Virginia mountain sports community significance.

10 Snowshoe Dr, Snowshoe, WV 26209

Spencer, West Virginia

Downtown Spencer presents restaurants around the Roane County courthouse square.

St. Albans, West Virginia

Downtown St. Albans presents restaurants along the Kanawha and Coal rivers near Charleston.

Summersville, West Virginia

Downtown Summersville presents restaurants serving Nicholas County, West Virginia.

Summersville, West Virginia

Summersville Lake presents 'the Little Bahamas of the East' with clear waters and marinas near Summersville.

Sutton, West Virginia

Sutton Lake presents boating and camping recreation near downtown Sutton, West Virginia.

Terra Alta, West Virginia

Cathedral State Park presents one of the largest stands of virgin timber in West Virginia near Terra Alta.

Thomas, West Virginia

Downtown Thomas presents a revived coal-town Main Street with galleries and music venues in the Allegheny Highlands.

Thurmond, West Virginia

Thurmond Historic District presents a preserved coal-boom railroad ghost town within New River Gorge National Park.

Union, West Virginia

Downtown Union presents restaurants around the Monroe County courthouse square.

War, West Virginia

War presents a small McDowell County coalfield entertainment district in the southernmost part of West Virginia.

Webster Springs, West Virginia

Webster Springs presents restaurants known for the annual Webster County Woodchopping Festival.

Weirton, West Virginia

Downtown Weirton presents restaurants along the Ohio River in the Northern Panhandle's steel-making city.

Welch, West Virginia

Downtown Welch presents restaurants serving McDowell County's coalfield communities.

Wellsburg, West Virginia

Downtown Wellsburg presents restaurants along the Ohio River in Brooke County, West Virginia.

Weston, West Virginia

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum presents historic and ghost-hunting tours of one of the largest hand-cut stone buildings in North America.

71 Asylum Dr 26452

Wheeling, West Virginia

Oglebay Resort and Park presents a Festival of Lights, golf, and the Good Zoo on a 1,700-acre municipal park in Wheeling.

465 Lodge Dr 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

West Virginia Independence Hall presents the site where West Virginia's statehood was declared in 1861-63 in downtown Wheeling.

Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling's Historic Downtown is the most remarkably preserved 19th-century Ohio River city in the American East — a Main Street where the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Capitol Theatre, and extraordinary Italianate architecture create an entertainment environment shaped by the extraordinary history of the National Road's western terminus. Wheeling's remarkable Civil War role (it was the Union-loyal capital of Virginia before West Virginia was created) and its beautiful Victorian architecture create an entertainment district of genuine American Civil War era significance.

Main St, Wheeling, WV 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling Suspension Bridge presents the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in the U.S. spanning the Ohio River.

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

The Greenbrier Bunker Tour presents a declassified Cold War-era congressional fallout shelter beneath the historic resort.

Williamson, West Virginia

Hatfield-McCoy Trails Headquarters presents off-road ATV trail access in the heart of the historic feud territory.