Backroads & Byways of Virginia: Drives, Day Trips, and Weekend Excursions

With natives as your guides, Backroads & Byways leads you down the road less traveled

Want to get to know Virginia, gateway to the South and a state steeped in history? In the revised and updated Backroads & Byways of Virginia, you'll find 19 itineraries for scenic drives, day trips, and longer adventures for the whole family. Follow the Crooked Road Heritage Music Trail; hit all the points in the historic triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown; and wend your way along the Blue Ridge Parkway through some of the loveliest scenery the region has to offer. Visit Mount Vernon, where George Washington really slept; witness the genius of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. If you’re looking for great places to go beyond the DC suburbs and Virginia Beach, reach for this guide. Interstate highways will bring you through Virginia, but only the backroads will bring Virginia to you! 50 color photographs

Bill Lohmann was born and raised in Virginia. He has been a sportswriter, feature writer, and columnist, most recently for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Lohmann and his family live in Richmond, Virginia.