Whitetop News

There's no road to the summit of Mount Rogers, elevation 5,729, Virginia's highest point.

BMNN wrote: on Oct. 19, 2009: The Whitetop Mountaineers is made up of the young duo, Martha Spencer and Jackson Cunningham.

Big Walker Lookout is still drawing tourists just as it's done since a tower was built near the top of Big Walker Mountain in the 1950s.

Family and friends of a late and legendary fiddler and instrument maker are gearing up for the event that bears his name, the 2009 Albert Hash Memorial Festival in Whitetop this weekend.

Whitetop, VA located on US58 at Whitetop VA. description: Covered dish luncheon at 1 p.m. Baldwin Genealogy Book will be for sale.

Off Jeb Stuart Highway a rail bed runs through the Virginia highlands. Follow the highway east and you'll eventually end nearly at the lip of the old Civil War hero's grave.

The Whitetop Mountain Band is a family-based band from the highest mountains of Virginia.

Ya learn something every day. Ever heard of a mountain delicacy called "ramp"? Neither did I. Apparently it's a wild leek or wild onion that grows in a relatively confined area of Southwest Virginia and northern North Carolina that is considered a delicacy by those who know of them and love them.

Built by Lutheran missionaries, the Konnarock Girls' School was a prestigious place for young women to attend in the early 20th century, when the region lacked modern roads and education.

The world might be moving ahead at breakneck pace, but that's one reason so many people come back here every year: to get centered again on down-home food, old-time music and unhurried fun.

Bikers, hikers and nature enthusiasts will flock to the little town of Damascus, Virginia this weekend for the 23rd Annual Appalachian Trail Days.

ABINGDON, Va. - Kyle Buckland stood on the brick sidewalks of Abingdon, tightening his easel.