Get your green on at Buggs Island Lake - Virginia's largest lake! Take your pick from several campgrounds on the Virginia side in Mecklenburg County, and enjoy hiking, horseback riding and fishing. Locals say it offers the "best bass fishing in the state!"

If camping isn't quite your thing, then kick your boots off at a Virginia Green certified lodging property like Cooper's Landing Inn & Travelers Tavern in Clarksville.

Soak in the beauty of nearby plantations, Native-American heritage, beautiful gardens and museums.

• Occoneechee State Park is located on Buggs Island Lake. The visitor center there has a replica Native American lodge and museum, which contains authentic artifacts found near the lake.
• Prestwould Plantation was built in the early 1790s and is a National Historic Landmark known for being the most documented late 18th-century Africian-American site in America.
• MacCallum More Museum and Gardens features organically maintained botanical gardens, an arboretum and wildlife sanctuary. Meander along paths lined with boxwoods, dogwoods, statues, fountains and other eclectic works of art.

Let the ecothusiast in you find rest in Southern Virginia at Buggs Island Lake.