Home to the Virginia Tech Hokies and popular rest point for many hikers of the Apalachian Trail. When the school semester is in session the town is brimming with a multitude of students who make up the majority of the population. Weekend nights downtown are always lively and sometimes rowdy. Every resturant fills up with students, making eating out quite the task. But if you enjoy noisy and fun atmospheres,and don't mind waiting for food and seating, then Downtown Blacksburg is definitely the place to be. Because it is a college town, Blacksburg has no lack of coffee shops for studying and hanging out. There are at least four Starbucks and several nice, locally owned, coffee shops. During the summer, when the students return home, Blacksburg slows down a bit while still maintaining quite a few weekend outing options.
Places to Go
Moss arts Center
Hahn Horticulture Garden
Pandapas Pond
Blacksburg Duck Pond
Falls Ridge Preserve
Perspective Gallery
Heritage Park
Beliveau Estate
Blacksburg Farmer's Market (Add days)
3 Birds Berry Farm
Where to Eat
622 North
Our Daily Bread
Lefty's Main Street Grille
Cabo Fish Taco
Blacksburg Taphouse
Gillie's
Green's Grill & Sushi Bar
The Cellar
Bolo's Bakery
Palisades
What to Do
Weekend music downtown (summer)
Stepping Out
Culture Fair
Resturant Week
Fourth of July at Hand in Hand Park
Movies on the VT Drillfield
Rising Silo Brewery (summer)
Check out the different art walls across downtown
Have coffee at Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea
Walk the Huckleberry Trail
Just go driving through the nearby valleys
What's Nearby
Cascade Falls in Penbroke Virginia
Claytor Lake
Blue Ridge Parkway
New River Junction
Hike up to McAfee Knob
Mountain Lake Lodge where Dirty Dancing Was filmed (the lake is drained sadly)