What to do if you Vacation in Roanoke, VA
Near and far there is something for everyone!!!
Roanoke VA Visitors Center the ultimate location to find out what there is to do in and around Roanoke, Virginia the gateway to plenty of adventures.
Roanoke Rail Cam - Roanoke's railroad is very busy, you can here the cars linking up all night long. You do have to listen carefully but at 3 in the morning there isn't much noise.
If you want to see something interesting, make it a point to visit the Smith Mountain Lake Visitors Center
It has visual aids that show how the lake was made and there is still a part of the train and tracks on the side of the mountain that was used to build the dam.
Drive around the lake and stop at the Virginia State Park on SML
Oh yeah, what Dam? the dam that was built to create Smith Mountain Lake (The lake covers 20,600 acres and has over 500 miles of shoreline.)
Make it a crazy vacation and Rent a HOUSEBOAT HERE!
The 3 major Museums!
Science Museum of Western VA - History Museum of Western VA - Virginia Museum of TransportationMill Mountain Zoo
See a Concert
or attend the Boat, Motorcycle or Home Show...you name it, the Civic Center hosts it.
Or find a Babysitter and go ride a Wave Runner here! or take the family and rent a boat.
Something just for the kids: Thunder Valley (indoor go karts) and Putt-Putt (Mini golf and Arcade plus more)
What does downtown Roanoke have to offer: The City Market Building where we love to visit the Farmers Market to get great Fruit and Produce
Natural Bridge and Butterfly Garden and less than an hour away from Roanoke. I have been there along time ago. Very Impressive.
"Discover Virginia's immense Natural Bridge – a National Historic Landmark shaped by Mother Nature over hundreds of years from twenty stories of solid limestone rock; then descend 34 stories and explore the deepest caverns on the East Coast; and see colorful, exotic butt erfl ies flutter in the new Butterfl ies at the Bridge - Virginia's largest indoor butt er fly garden."
Luray Caverns this is 2 1/2 hours away
Remember the movie Dirty Dancing? It was partly filmed HERE! Mountain Lake Hotel at Mountain Lake
More to come
Updated 04/03/2013
Something just for the kids: Thunder Valley (indoor go karts) and Putt-Putt (Mini golf and Arcade plus more)
What does downtown Roanoke have to offer: The City Market Building where we love to visit the Farmers Market to get great Fruit and Produce
Natural Bridge and Butterfly Garden and less than an hour away from Roanoke. I have been there along time ago. Very Impressive.
"Discover Virginia's immense Natural Bridge – a National Historic Landmark shaped by Mother Nature over hundreds of years from twenty stories of solid limestone rock; then descend 34 stories and explore the deepest caverns on the East Coast; and see colorful, exotic butt erfl ies flutter in the new Butterfl ies at the Bridge - Virginia's largest indoor butt er fly garden."
Luray Caverns this is 2 1/2 hours away
Remember the movie Dirty Dancing? It was partly filmed HERE! Mountain Lake Hotel at Mountain Lake
More to come
Updated 04/03/2013
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