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City of Norton, Virginia N 7 City of Norton, Virginia W E - or + THE CROSSROADS OF ur 5 80 S ho 1 9 - es ADVENTURE TOURISM il m 63 5 RECREATION 2 Ralph FESTIVALS / EVENTS 1 Flag Rock Stanley May: Museum 2 Guest River Gorge 3 1 Gathering in the Gap - Big Stone Gap r - CLINTWOOD 3 High Knob + o 83 in POUND 4 4 Falls at Little Stony 2 Ralph Stanley Bluegrass Festival - Coeburn m 7 0 6 5 Cave Springs June: - 3 72 s 6 Natural Tunnel State Park le 3 Best Friend Festival - Norton i 7 Breaks Interstate Park m 5 8 4 Clinch River Days - St. Paul 1 Bays Mountain Park 9 5 11 Cumberland Gap National Historic Park VA-KY Fair - Wise 1 10 Hensley Settlement July: 11 2 Portal 31 Exhibition Coal Mine and Museum 6 Pound Heritage Days - Pound 12 17 Pinnacle Nature Preserve 3 in + or - 13 Bristol Motor Speedway August: 5 m 6 - 1 WISE 14 Wilderness Road State Park 7 Coal Railroad Days - Appalachia s 5 10 le 15 Hanging Rock i September: m 78 Lays 16 Lonesome Pine Raceway 5 8 Guest River Rally - Coeburn APPALACHIA NORTON Hardware 17 Camp Bethel 3 63 9 Celtic Festival - Big Stone Gap 12 COEBURN Mountain 7 Country 2 Tacoma LAKES / FISHING HIKING October: 16 2 8 View Cabin Community ATV Trail 4 1 Lower Norton Reservoir 1 Chief Benge Scout Trail 10 Wise Fall Fling - Wise 1 Center 2 Upper Norton Reservoir 2 Pickem Mountain Trail 68 2 ST. PAUL 11 Home Craft Days - MECC - Big Stone Gap 72 3 High Knob Recreation Area 3 Red Fox Trail 1 2 1 8 K E N T U C K Y 4 Clinch 4 Big Cherry Reservoir 4 Guest River Gorge River BIG STONE GAP 5 5 5 4 3 3 Adventures Bark Camp Lake Pine Mountain Trail V I R G I N I A 1 9 11 6 15 6 Wise Reservoir 6 Straight Fork 8 7 7 4 North Fork of Pound Lake Devil’s Fork 7 8 Lake Keokee 8 Sugar Loop Trail MUSEUMS 9 1 5 J.W. Flannagan Reservoir Southwest Virginia Museum 71 2 421 H.W. Meador Coal Museum 65 3 Crooked John Fox Jr. Museum PENNINGTON GAP 4 Road Ralph Stanley Museum Venues 72 DUFFIELD JONESVILLE 6 10 70 9 14 CUMBERLAND GAP FOR MORE INFORMATION: V I R G I N I A www.nortonva.gov • www.visitnortonva.org • (276) 679-1160 Carter T E N N E S S E E or Fold Flag Rock, Norton, VA Wise County & City of Norton Chamber of Commerce: 13 Printed Spring 2014 (276) 679-0961 • www.wisecountychamber.org 8.
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