Experience Russell County, VA

01/05/2025

01/05/2025

‼️ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to inclement weather the Old Christmas Celebration at The Old Russell Co, VA Courthouse & Dickenson-Bundy Log House has been cancelled.

Please be cautious and aware of current weather and driving conditions in Russell County and throughout the SWVA region.

**CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER**
We regret to announce the Old Christmas at the Old Russell County Courthouse is cancelled due to inclement weather.

12/29/2024

Let's continue the ⛄️🎄holiday season 🎄❄ with us at the Old Christmas at The Old Russell Co, VA Courthouse & Dickenson-Bundy Log House, which will be held on January 5th, 2024, at 2PM.

Come step back in time with Appalachian Musician & Storyteller Ron Short.

12/15/2024

Remember to come out and join us for movie night at The Russell Theatre with THE GRINCH!! 🎄💚❤️

🎄🔔“Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.” — The Grinch ❄🎅
Experience Russell will be sponsoring The Grinch Movie Night at The Russell Theatre!!

We have lined up for a special guest to make a stop by; 💚 THE GRINCH 💚 He will be hiking down off his mountain on Mount Crumpet to take pictures with all the little boys and girls.

🥳FREE to the community, so bundle up the family and head on over to the theatre and see the classic on the big screen once again!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Visit: www.therusselltheatre.com
For more information on this and more upcoming events at The Russell Theatre.

12/15/2024

12/07/2024

12/04/2024

🎄🔔“Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.” — The Grinch ❄🎅
Experience Russell will be sponsoring The Grinch Movie Night at The Russell Theatre!!

We have lined up for a special guest to make a stop by; 💚 THE GRINCH 💚 He will be hiking down off his mountain on Mount Crumpet to take pictures with all the little boys and girls.

🥳FREE to the community, so bundle up the family and head on over to the theatre and see the classic on the big screen once again!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Visit: www.therusselltheatre.com
For more information on this and more upcoming events at The Russell Theatre.

12/03/2024

12/03/2024

⛺️Book those stays at Arty Lee Campground in Dante, VA, bundle, and hit those trails to experience the Appalachian Mountains transformed into a Winter Wonderland!
Arty Lee Campground is a YEAR year-round campground! 🎉

Just be sure to stay up-to-date on trail closures with the weather conditions on their website.

Arty Lee Campground: www.artyleecampground.com
Spearhead - Southwest Regional Recreation Authority: https://spearheadtrails.com/

11/30/2024

It is 🛒SHOP SMALL SATURDAY!! 🛍️Today let’s get out in our community and support our local and small businesses.

When you buy from a small business you are supporting not only a business but you are also supporting;
✨A Dream
🏡Local Families
🎉Your Community

These business owners work 365 days a year to share the love of their craft. Let’s support them!

For more information on Russell County visit: www.experiencerussellva.com

📸: Heart of Appalachia
📸: Experience Russell

Clinch Life Outfitters, Inc.,
Be My Honey Bee
Western Front Hotel - Delilah’s Gift Shop

11/28/2024

Wishing you and your family a happy and safe Thanksgiving!! 🦃♥️

11/27/2024

11/26/2024

🥾 Join a park ranger to Wobble off that Gobble! 🦃
The Clinch River State Park will be hosting a Thanksgiving Hike on Friday, November 29th at 1 p.m. This hike is a 3.2-mile round trip and involves steady inclines. Please dress for the weather and bring snacks and water. Please meet at the Sugar Hill Trailhead at the low water dam at Oxbow Lake on Bush Place in St. Paul.

For more information, please call Clinch River State Park at 276-762-5076; or email us at
[email protected]

11/23/2024

The official first snow of the season in Southwest Virginia! 🩵❄️⛄️

11/20/2024

🚂 Chug-A Chug-A CHEW CHEW 🚂 We hear Santa's Train 🎅🏻 getting ready to make its way down the rail on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD!

Making its pit stops in;
🔔Dante, Virginia @ 10:08 AM
🎁Town of St. Paul @ 10:53 AM

🎄Get ready for the time-honored tradition in the mountains of Appalachia. Go ahead and make those plans to bring out the family and start a family tradition of the Christmas season with The Santa Train!

❄️While you are visiting us, go ahead and make those family plans to visit the Lyric Theater for the annual Holiday Market. Book those rooms at the Western Front Hotel and spend the whole weekend exploring the beautiful downtown of St. Paul.

⛄Then hop on over to the Town of Lebanon, Virginia, and check out the three-day Holiday Bazaar, one of the biggest craft fairs in the region on November, Friday 22nd - Sunday, 24th.

11/20/2024

Hey Everyone!! We will be open this Saturday November 23rd at The Lebanon Farmers Market’s Holiday Vendor Event from 8-2! It is Located at in the Government Center Parking Lot and we can’t wait to see you all there!! 🤙🏽