Fall Media Kit

Fall Facts for Virginia

For release August 1, 2009

• 15 million acres of foliage

• 2,500 miles of scenic drives

• 140+ wineries

• October is Virginia Wine Month.

• Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive are two of America’s best scenic drives

• Virginia hosts more than 350 fall festivals each year.

• Weekly fall foliage reports are available at www.Virginia.org/fall or by calling 1-800-424-LOVE.

• Oyster season celebrated in fall, with festivals in Urbanna, Chincoteague, Newport News and more.

• Virginia has more miles of the Appalachian Trail than any other state.

• Page County was recently named the Cabin Capital of Virginia.

• Brunswick County, Virginia declares itself the birthplace of Brunswick Stew, celebrated each year festival (October, 10, 2009).

• Virginia has more sites on the National Registry of Haunted Places than any other state.

• Berkley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia declares itself the site of the first Thanksgiving, observed by English settlers in 1619.

• Virginia is less than a day’s drive for more than 60 percent of the U.S. population, making the state ideal for fall getaways.

 
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