 
There's an old saying in the High Country, "Getting here is easy, leaving is not."
Alleghany County offers excellent fishing, hunting, hiking, camping and canoeing. Conveniently located at the midpoint of the Blue Ridge Parkway, it is the ideal place to begin or end your excursion.
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Alleghany Chamber of Commerce
Visit Galax, VA
Parks, Trails, and Recreation Areas
The Blue Ridge Parkway
Appalachian Trail
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
Grayson Highlands State Park
Stone Mountain State Park
Jefferson National Forest
New River Trail State Park
Canoeing, Kayaking, Rafting, & Tubing
Riverside Canoe & Tube Rental
New River Campground & Canoe
RiverCamp USA
Skiing
Sugar Mountain
Hawksnest
Beech Mountain
Entertainment
Silver Dollar Music Park
Fishing & Hunting
Rick's Smallmouth Adventures
Fish The New
Bowling
Blue Ridge Lanes (10.5 miles) in Galax, VA
Trojan Family Bowling (13 miles) in Sparta, NC
Dining
Galax, VA ~
1776 LOG HOUSE ~
Doe Run Resorts Restaurant ~
Macado’s
Sparta, NC ~
The Senator’s House
Independence, VA ~ Davis-Bourne Inn
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Post Office
Ennice, NC (6.1 miles)
Shopping
Olde Tyme General Store
New River Arts and Crafts
Walmart
~ 12.8 miles away in Galax, VA
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24.3 miles in Mount Airy, NC
Hospitals
Alleghany Memorial Hospital (12.6 miles) Sparta, NC
Twin County Regional Hospital (10.7 miles) Galax, VA
Theatres
~ Twin County Cinema III (11.8 miles) in Galax, VA
~ Bright Leaf Drive in Theater (23.3 miles) in Mount Airy
~ Creekside Cinemas (23.4 miles) in Mount Airy
~ Downtown Cinema Theater (24 miles) in Mount Airy
~ RexTheater
Galax is “The World Capital of Old Time Mountain Music”
Despite its name, the New River is the oldest river in North America. Geologists estimate that it is about 320 million years old. The New River originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and flows north for 250 miles through mountains, rolling hills and farmland.
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