In the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Staunton - the Queen City on the Great Wagon Road between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghenies - offers old fashioned Americana at its best. Visit our 5 National Historic Districts and be transported through Staunton's rich 250-year heritage, or you might choose to ride the free downtown trolley and visit more than sixty shops and twenty restaurants that pack our Victorian inspired architecturally-rich and compact downtown. Visit the birth place to our 28th President Woodrow Wilson and his Presidential Library. Experience the world’s only re-creation of the first indoor theater, London’s Blackfriars Playhouse…is, in itself, a reason to visit Staunton.

Downtown Waynesboro is the place to be for festivals - with the Virginia Fly Fishing Festival in April, one of the largest Soap Box Derbys in the nation, the Virginia Fall Foliage Festival and many others in between. Our pedestrian-friendly environment is home to businesses like specialty and service providers, museums, arts and cultural centers, unique restaurants and lodging opportunities. The South River runs through our downtown, one of only two urban fisheries in the State.

From the majesty of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the splendor of Grand Caverns, Augusta County offers some of the most memorable scenery found in nature. Located at the crossroads of I-81 and I-64, Augusta County is home to civil war sites and a fitting testament to the wonders of nature and a definite breath of fresh air for all who visit.