The Lee County Story

Wilderness Road State Park located in Ewing, VA offers picnicking, hiking, and nature and living history programs. Visitors can enjoy the visitor center, home to a 65 seat state of the art theater showing an award-winning docudrama, “Wilderness Road, Spirit of a Nation.” The center also has a frontier museum and a gift shop with unique regional gifts. The park features the reconstructed Martin’s Station Fort, an outdoor living history museum depicting life on Virginia’s 1775 frontier. Guests also enjoy the park’s three picnic shelters, 100-seat amphitheater, nature play-scape, ADA-certified playground, sand volleyball court and horseshoe pits. Visitors can hike, bike or horseback ride on the 8.9-mile Wilderness Road Trail linking the park with more than 50 miles of trails in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The 1870s era Karlan Mansion is available for weddings, events and meetings. It has a solarium that’s perfect for showers, birthdays and other special functions. The park’s visitor center theater and amphitheater also are available for rental for group functions.

Welcome to Lee County, Virginia! We are home to some of the most beautiful landscape in Appalachia. From the White Rocks to the Stone Face Rock; you will enjoy miles of breath taking mountainous landscapes. Whether you are looking to catch a weekend show at the Lee Theatre; looking for a peaceful weekend getaway at one of our quiet rentals; or embark on a week long outdoor adventure with stops at Wilderness Road State Park, Cumberland Gap National Park & Cave Springs Recreational Area we have got it!

In 1909, J.R. Hoe migrated with his family from Pittsburgh to the mountain region of Kentucky to take over operations of the Pioneer Iron Works.  Over the next several decades his five sons, each skilled in ironmaking, developed the company into a regional center of metalworking expertise. By the mid-20^th century the company began to make construction castings to serve the nation’s growing infrastructure needs.  The ‘HOE OF KY’ brand is present today on tens of thousands of street castings across the region, a mark of their quality and durability.  Over 100 years later, J.R. HOE and SONS continues to produce quality construction products using state-of-the-art technology and innovative design.  The founding principle of J.R. Hoe is carried forward:

Build quality and it will last.

Lee County Quilters are a group of community members working together and individually to create beautiful works of art in Lee County, VA. Their work captures the history and heritage of the area and reflects each artist’s unique talents.

 

“The Virginia Department of Historic Resources is the State Historic Preservation Office in Virginia. Our mission is to foster, encourage, and support the stewardship of Virginia’s significant historic architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources.”

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has generously allowed this site to include links to informational and other important resources that help educate and protect the rich resources found throughout Virginia. Please check out these resources on the Resources page and on their website.