Southwest Virginia-Heart of the Appalachia
Field Trips

Explore the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, historic gateway to the West. On a guided tour follow the route of the buffalo, Native American, longhunter, and pioneer.

The Hahn Horticulture Garden encompasses nearly six acres of teaching and display gardens on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Visitors learn about plants, landscaping concepts, and environmental awareness.

The Museum of Geosciences at Virginia Tech exhibits include the OmniGlobe, gems, minerals, rocks, fossils, and a full-scale cast of an Allosaurus dinosaur skeleton.

Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine & Museum is an inactive coal mine in western Virginia. Visitors can tour the world’s first Exhibition Coal Mine, a National Historic Landmark. See a spectacular 13-foot-tall coal seams, step into the Old Power House, which has been converted into a Museum and Educational Center, and see many exhibits of our rich coal mining heritage.

The State operates nine fish cultural stations around the state. These are categorized as either “rearing stations,” or “hatcheries” that stock Virginia waters. Visitors to the hatcheries learn about production, from hatching to raising to stocking sizes. Learn about a location near you.