25 YRS EXPERIENCE

Created by VA General Assembly in 1993, we've been helping visitors and tourism-related businesses for nearly 25 years!

OUR SERVICES

- Lodging, Dining, Shopping Info

- Outdoor Adventure Assistance

- Calendar of Regional Events

- Regional Attractions Info

-Outfitters & Guides Listings

- Travel Planning Assistance

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HEART of APPALACHIA VISITOR CENTER

3028 4th Avenue Market Square

PO Box 186, Saint Paul, VA 24283

© 2013-2019 Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority

Our back roads are just that, rural working roads, traveled by residents, farmers, coal transport and a variety of visitors. Use caution while traveling and check road conditions before  riding unfamiliar routes.  Enjoy your ride!
511Virginia.org offers road condition info.

BOOTLEGGER

The bootlegging trade flourished in these Appalachian Mountains and led directly to the "lawless decade" of the 1920s. Mountain folks utilized the curvy backroads and their knowledge of hart-to-find locations to get around the revenuers. Bootlegger's Run takes you from Grundy to small towns of West Virginia and back. 145 miles of back road awesome just waiting for you to ride.

Approximately 145 miles

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1. Start in Grundy, go East on 83

2. L on 83 to Yukon, WVA

3. L on 16 to Welch, WVA

4. R on 52 to Bramwell, WVA

5. R on 19 to Bluefield, VA

6. R on 460 to Claypool Hill

7. R on 460 to Grundy

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To download a tank map for this route click the button below and unzip the zip file.

LODGING

Southern Gap Outdoor Adventure

Cabins/Campground - Grundy

1124 Chipping Sparrow Rd   276-244-1111
 

Comfort Inn - Grundy

22006 Riverside Dr   276-935-5050

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Holiday Inn Express - Claypool Hill

180 Clay Dr   888-465-4329

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Super 8 Motel - Claypool Hill

12367 Gov. GC Peery Hwy   276-964-9888

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Real McCoy Cabins - Pocahontas

156 Wood Smoke Way   276-945-3106

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Trailhead ATV Resort - Boissevain

465 Miners Park Ln   276-945-3089

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Comfort Inn - Bluefield

38769 Gov. GC Peery Hwy   276-326-3688

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Fincastle Motor Inn - Tazewell

858 E. Fincastle Tpke   276-988-2531

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Cuz's Cabins - Tazewell

15746 Gov. GC Peery Hwy   276-964-9014

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Cavitt's Creek Park Campground - Tazewell

750 Recreation Dr   276-988-7250

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Foxtail Orchard Cabins and Campground - Tazewell

3628 BF Buchanan Hwy   276-200-4176

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Cottage at Crab Orchard - Tazewell

3663 Crab Orchard Rd   276-988-6755

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Parsonage Guest House - Burkes Garden

7322 Burkes Garden Rd   276-970-6862

DINING

Rainbow Restaurant - Vansant

17995 Riverside Dr   276-935-5503

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Stir N Dip A Tea - Cedar Bluff

1034 Cedar Valley Dr   276-964-9696

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Coffee House Café - Cedar Bluff

2703 Steelburg Hwy Unit 5  276-345-9400

 

The Original Italian Village - Cedar Bluff

1051 Claypool Hill Mall Rd  276-964-2019

 

Roma's Restaurant - Richlands

385 Front St   276-964-4464

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The Lunchbox Café - Richlands

2605 Second St   276-345-9114

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V & V Restaurant - Richlands

104 Front St    276-964-2182

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King Kone Drive-In - Richlands

2633 Front St   276-963-7875

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The Bearded Moose - Richlands

1557 Front St   276-963-4400

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Communication Café - Richlands

105 Suffolk Ave   276-202-0005

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Huddle House - Richlands

2611 Front St   276-345-9211

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El Mariachi - Richlands

1825 Front St   276-983-5455

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Peking Chinese - Gundy

1200 Plaza Dr   276-935-8080

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El Sombrero - Grundy

1144 Riverside St   276-244-1190

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Muddy Water Café - Grundy

1123 Plaza Dr   276-935-7332

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Dotson's Drive In - Grundy

24213 Riverside Dr   276-935-7880

 

Savory Flavors - Bluefield

1204 Virginia Ave   276-322-7179

 

Country Kitchen @ Real McCoy Cabins - Pocahontas

156 Wood Smoke Way   276-945-3106

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Fisher and Company - Tazewell

1735 Pisgah Rd   276-385-1150

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Coal Bucket Deli - Tazewell

100 Tazewell Mall #16   276-988-9111

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Your Grate Escape - Tazewell

1133 Fincastle Tnpke   276-988-7867

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Italian Village - Tazewell

817 E Fincastle Tnpke   276-988-6572

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Seven Restaurant - Tazewell

203 W. Main St   276-385-1100

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Donut Diva - Tazewell

203 E. Fincastle Tnpke   276-245-5987

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Cuz's Uptown Barbeque - Pounding Mill

15746 Gov GC Peery Hwy   276-964-9014

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Sugar Street Bakery - Pounding Mill

12584 Gov GC Peery Hwy   276-345-6652

ATTRACTIONS

25. Southern Gap Outdoor Adventure

1124 Chipping Sparrow Rd, Grundy, VA

 

26. Poplar Gap Park

VA-604, Grundy, VA

 

27. Grundy Community Center

RR 460, Grundy, VA

 

28. Cedar Bluff Overlook

255-299 Hurt Buggy Rd, Cedar Bluff, VA

 

30. Plum Creek Winery

5418 Thompson Valley Rd, Tazewell, VA

 

31. Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park

3663 Crab Orchard Rd, Tazewell, VA

 

32. Cavitt’s Creek Lake Wiitten

750 Recreation Dr, North Tazewell, VA

 

33. Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine

300 Centre St, Pocahontas, VA

Appalachian Backroads Buchanan County, Virginia
Appalachian Backroads Tazewell County, Virginia home to Back of the Dragon
Appalachian Backroads town of Tazewell, Virginia