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Outdoor Activities

Tramp through misty woods by day, and warm yourself in front of a campfire by night. Boat and bass fish at nearby Smith Mountain Lake, or play 18 holes of golf at numerous golf courses by lake or mountain vistas. Canoeing and rock climbing, rappelling and hiking, fishing or hunting, Bedford has it all.

• Campgrounds
• Golf Courses
• State Park, Parks, and Gardens
• Parasailing, Ballooning, Hang Gliding and Sky Diving
• Boating and Sailing
• Hiking, Biking and Horseback Riding Trails
• Fishing and Hunting
• Off-Road Trails
• Skate Parks

RV Parking at the Welcome Center
The Welcome Center currently has three RV hookup sites for one night only, except during certain special events or with special permission.  The sites have water, electricity, sewer and WI-FI.  The cost for full hook-up is $25.00 per night.  Use of the convenience stations for RV Campers is $5.00 and commercial buses is $15.00.  All buses and campers must have a hose for the convenience stations.  Parking only - no hookups is $10.00 per night. We do not take reservations.  The sites are open year round except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.  Picnic tables are available on the North side of the center.  For more information on the RV Hook-up sites call 540-587-5681 or 1-877 HI PEAKS.

Upcoming Events

• May 17 - Restoration Talk and Tour - 3:00pm to 4:00pm - In honor of National Historic Preservation month, Director of Restoration Travis McDonald will present a slide talk and tour explaining why Jefferson's design of his retreat, Poplar Forest, was a radically modern work of architecture in America for its time. Jefferson's work was a "melting pot" of architectural prototypes but also very personal. The current restoration work on the wing of service rooms is one of the most Jeffersonian parts of the architecture and one that was innovative and unusual in American architecture. Standard admission charge, which also includes a separate tour of the house either before or after the restoration tour. - Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, 1548 Bateman Bridge Road, Route 661, Forest - 434-525-1806 - www.poplarforest.org

• May 24 - Moonlight Serenade - 7:00pm - See the Memorial at dusk on this special Memorial Day weekend. The Jefferson Choral Society will perform an evening concert of 1940s music from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Performer Keith Campbell will kick off the concert at 7pm. The Memorial will remain open until 10:00pm. - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford - 540-586-3329 - www.dday.org

• May 31 - 3rd Annual BBQ at Sedalia - Barbeque connoisseurs will gather at the 3rd annual BBQ festival to celebrate the art and secrets of slow-cooked pork barbeque. Tastin' starts at High noon! BBQ Teams will likely begin cooking Friday night and continue into the early hours of Saturday morning. The 4-person teams typically have playful names, but are serious about tasty and tender pork barbeque. - The Sedalia Center, 1108 Sedalia School Road, Big Island - $ - 434-299-5080 - www.sedaliacenter.org

These events and more can be found in our event calendar.

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