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Escape to the ‘Crossroads of the Blue Ridge’
If you want your meeting delegates to truly get away from it all, Wytheville is your ideal meeting setting. The town is set in the foothills of the stunning Blue Ridge Mountains, offering an array of activities for outdoor enthusiasts, and a historic town with plenty of historic homes, and local shops and restaurants to explore.
Wytheville’s striking scenery makes it the perfect area for hiking, fishing, horseback riding and scenic drives. Big Walker Lookout is the perfect spot to soak up the scenery of the Blue Ridge. Visitors can visit the top of the 3,525-foot tower and see five states on clear days.
Popular local attractions include Field of Flowers, where visitors can cut their own flowers to bring home in a mason jar, the Fort Chiswell Animal Park, where visitors can go on a “safari” to see a variety of animals, the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum, local vineyards and the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre.
Conveniently located at the intersections of Interstates 77 and 81, Wytheville is often known as the “Crossroads of the Blue Ridge” or the “Hub of Southwest Virginia.” Its location makes it easy to get to, but you’ll feel like you’ve escaped from it all in its serene setting.
Wytheville Convention & Visitors
Bureau and Regional Visitors Center
975 Tazewell St., P.O. Box 533
Wytheville, VA 24382
http://www.visitwytheville.com
Contact: Rosa Jude, director of tourism
Conference center
Wytheville Meeting Center
333 Community Blvd.
Wytheville, VA 24382
(866) 694-8287
(276) 223-3416
http://www.wythevillemeetingcenter.com
Meet in a high-tech conference facility against the backdrop of the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains at the Wytheville Meeting Center. The center, which opened in 2007, is located at the intersection of Interstates 81 and 77.
All meeting rooms are equipped with high-quality sound systems, audiovisual technology, teleconferencing and videoconferencing capabilities and high-speed Internet. The center’s business lounge allows guests to relax in comfortable seating with work stations to plug in laptops.
The center offers 12,000 square feet of meeting space, including the elegant 9,000-square-foot Evansham Ballroom. The room can seat up to 1,000 people in a theater style or 500 for a banquet. One part of the ballroom includes access to an outside terrace where guests can view the spectatular mountain setting. Another three meeting rooms, ideal for smaller meetings or breakout sessions, also offer incredible mountain views and access to the terrace. The center includes 2,000 square feet of prefunction space, providing flexible space for anything from conference registration to cocktail receptions.
As part of a multi-faceted complex that includes recreation, aquatics and child-care facilities, the Wytheville Meeting Center also offers the unique opportunity for team-building activities, or just a place for conference goers to unwind. The center includes a six-lane swimming pool, climbing wall and 650-foot indoor walking track.
Room report
The Wytheville area offers more than 1,500 hotel rooms and more than 1,200 rooms are located within a mile of the Wytheville Meeting Center. There are also three new hotels adjacent to the meeting center.
Airports
The Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tenn., offers jet and regional air carrier service with connections to hundreds of destinations and is about 75 miles from Wytheville.
The Roanoke Regional Airport is also about 75 miles from Wytheville.