Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Virginia
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Virginia is a National Scenic Byway in Virginia. Within Virginia it covers roughly 150 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Virginia with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Virginia's stretch of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs south from the Potomac River through Leesburg, Middleburg, and Culpeper toward Monticello. It's the Virginia portion of a 180-mile, three-state National Scenic Byway running from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, through Maryland into Virginia, a corridor its backers say holds more historic sites than any comparable stretch of road in the country. In Virginia alone the route passes registered historic plantations, working vineyards, farmers markets, and Civil War battlefields, along with the homes of Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Across the full three-state byway, the tally includes more than 10,000 National Register of Historic Places listings, 49 national historic districts, and sites spanning the Revolutionary War, the French and Indian War, the War of 1812, and the largest single collection of Civil War sites in the nation. Recognized as a National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary, the drive turns a normal Piedmont farm-country route into a dense, chronological tour of American history.
- Leesburg and Middleburg
- Jefferson's Monticello
- 180-mile 3-state byway
- Civil War battlefields
- Point of Rocks
- National Register Travel Itinerary
- Presidential homes
Designated for its historic qualities
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Places to stop along Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Virginia
Ball's Bluff Battlefield
A small battlefield and national cemetery above the Potomac near Leesburg, site of an early Union defeat in October 1861.
Oatlands
An 1804 plantation house with terraced gardens, interpreted by the National Trust including the lives of the people enslaved there.
WebsiteMount Zion Church
An 1851 church near Aldie that served as a hospital, prison, and barracks during the Civil War, with a historic cemetery.
Brandy Station Battlefield
The site of the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War in June 1863, with walking trails over largely unchanged fields.
WebsiteJames Madison's Montpelier
The restored home of the fourth president and father of the Constitution, with exhibits on the enslaved community whose descendants help shape its story.
WebsiteMonticello
Thomas Jefferson's domed hilltop home and plantation near Charlottesville, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at the byway's southern end.
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Where to Stay along Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Virginia
6 campgrounds and RV parks sit within about 5 miles of Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Virginia.
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What is a National Scenic Byway?
National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.