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Dickenson County, Virginia:

Virginia's Baby

Dickenson County is located in the Heart of Appalachia region of Virginia in the far southwestern part of state and is bordered on the northwest by the Kentucky state line.

The county was the first community in Virginia to offer wireless, digital communications service to businesses and residences.

The 4,500-acre Breaks Interstate Park offers camping, boating, fishing, hiking, swimming, horseback riding, geological and coal mining exhibits as well as an amphitheater where bluegrass music is performed every weekend throughout the spring, summer and fall months.

The John W. Flannagan Reservoir is a multi-purpose dam open to the public and offers boat ramps, campsites, hiking trails and other outdoor activities.

Dickenson County is one of the major sites along The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail with The Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center located in Clintwood, as well as the Dickenson County Arts Center and Gallery and the Mountain Art Works MAWs Mountain Music is played every Thursday night. The annual Ralph Stanley Music Festival takes place at Dr. Ralph's homesite every May.

Destinations in Dickenson County:

• Birchleaf
• Breaks
• Clinchco
• Clintwood
• Haysi
• Kingsport