Blue Ridge Country May/June 2024 - BRPG16

DOWNTOWN BEDFORD I OFF BRP AT MP 85.9
DID
YOU
Bedford County's
National D-Day
Memorial is well
worth a visit and
found just outside
of downtown.
Its 50-acre
campus features
English gardens,
a huge victory
arch, a wall of
commemorative
plaques and
an interactive
" invasion pool "
with mines,
beach obstacles,
sculptures of
soldiers struggling
ashore and a
representation
of the Higgins
landing craft used
for the invasion.
BEDFORD COUNTY
Don't Miss Peaks of Otter,
Milepost 85.6:
Peaks of Otter is the full
package: There's a 63-room
historic lodge and 143-site
campground overlooking
a bucolic 24-acre lake; a
1900s-era living history
farmhouse, garden and
tavern where visitors can
learn about the community
that once inhabited the area
- and it's all surrounded
by three of the Blue Ridge's
most iconic peaks. Take a
shuttle or 1.5-mile hike to
the rocky, 3,875-foot summit
of Sharp Top where you'll
catch dazzling, 360-degree
views of the lodge, lake, Flat
Top, Harkening Hill, western
Shenandoah Valley, the
Town of Bedford and more.
Visit Bedford:
Charming and artsy,
Bedford's historic downtown
is nestled in the Blue Ridge
foothills about 10 miles
southeast of the parkway's
Peaks of Otter Access
Point. The 6,600-person
former city was founded
in 1782 and is home to
a 208-building national
historic district. Here you'll
find plenty of shops and
restaurants - including
Old Liberty Station, which
occupies a restored,
120-plus-year-old stone
train depot. The eatery
dishes out scrumptious
southern comfort foods like
fried green tomatoes, crab
cakes and catfish po boys.
Follow dinner with a stay in
a secluded mountainside
suite at Graham Ordinary's
sprawling, beautifully
modernized 18th-century
cabin and mead hall.
BOTETOURT
COUNTY
MP 85.6
| PEAKS OF OTTER
Don't Miss Apple Orchard
Falls, Milepost 78.4:
This scenery-packed, 2.8mile
out-and-back in the
Jefferson National Forest
crosses the Appalachian
Trail to pursue a swiftrunning
stream downhill
through dense woods to a
hidden 200-foot waterfall.
To get there, park in the
Sunset Fields parking lot
about two miles south of the
overlook at the parkway's
highest point in Virginia,
4,224-foot Apple Orchard
Mountain.
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