Southwest Virginia

Lab members will live and work within the TFA Appalachia geographic region, spanning designated counties in West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky.

Keep scrolling for an overview of the Southwest Virginia sub-region.

  • Smith Mountain Lake

  • South Holston Lake, Washington County

  • Roanoke (Photo by Vasu Pendyala)

  • Blacksburg (Photo by Caleb White)

  • Bristol VA-TN State Line (Photo by Justin Campbell)

  • Roanoke - The Berglund Center (Photo by Spencer Pugh)

  • Abingdon - Martha Washington Inn

  • Sharp Top Mountain

  • Abingdon - The Barter Theatre

  • Roanoke

  • Appalachian Trail, Catawba

  • Smith Mountain Lake

  • Abingdon - The Creeper Trail (Photo by FotoKina)

  • Roanoke - Sweet Donkey Coffee

  • Wilderness Road State Park - Lee County (Photo by Jonathan Stephens)

  • The Cascades, Giles County

  • Abingdon

  • Roanoke (Photo by Sean Pavone)

  • Old Alvarado Station, Abingdon

  • Norton (Photo by Arely Munoz)

Counties within the TFA Appalachia Southwest Virginia sub-region are highlighted in purple.

The following counties (and/or cities) in Virginia are designated as within the TFA Appalachia region.

  • Bland

  • Bristol

  • Buchanan

  • Carroll

  • Dickenson

  • Floyd

  • Franklin

  • Galax

  • Giles

  • Grayson

  • Lee

  • Montgomery

  • Norton

  • Patrick

  • Pulaski

  • Radford

  • Roanoke

  • Russell

  • Salem

  • Scott

  • Smyth

  • Tazewell

  • Washington

  • Wise

  • Wythe

Check out what communities in Southwest Virginia are up to.