Local Area: Blacksburg, Virginia
The beautiful Blacksburg, Virginia area demonstrates that college towns are the best bargain in U.S. real estate - the ideal mix of low prices, culture, fun and high-tech growth. This small college town seems like so many other small towns: slow pace, peaceful neighborhoods, reasonable cost of living, and beautiful scenery.
Blacksburg, VA is a special place to live, work, and visit. Nestled between the picturesque Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, the natural beauty surrounding Blacksburg offers a vista for residents and visitors to enjoy, while taking in the many unique stores, art galleries, and restaurants.
The Lyric Theater is a center of cultural and civic activity for the region. The Lyric Theatre is the place to enjoy films, theater, music, dance, and lectures ans is in the heart of Blacksburg. It enhances activity downtown and provides a community facility for a diversity of programs which complement movies and entertainment.
Jefferson National Forest surrounds Black Diamond! The Jefferson National Forest is prize Appalachia country: tumbling waterfalls, rare wildflowers, vividly colored hills and Virginia's highest peak. Jefferson spreads 690,000 acres of hardwood and conifer forest across west-central Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, including the Ridge Province of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Huckleberry Trail is an asphalt-paved bike/pedestrian path. The trail currently runs from the Blacksburg library to the New River Mall. There are distance markers every half mile. The total distance from the library to the mall is 6 miles. There are also additional paved trails that connect the Blacksburg town population to areas of interest.
Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia. It has nine colleges and a graduate school, 65 bachelor's degree programs and 145 master's and doctoral degree programs. 30,000 full-time students attend and the main campus includes more than 125 buildings, 2,600 acres, and an airport! Virginia Tech is ranked 46th in university research in the United States.
Montgomery County has a unique location adjacent to the wild, natural beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains which provides you with a wide range of possibilities for outdoor adventures. The two nationally recognized universities supply the area with an incredible variety of cultural and educational options and the historic richness of the region melds past with present for exciting exploration.
