Upcoming Events:

• President's Day - Feb 15
• The Montpelier Train Depot—In the Time of Segregation - Feb 21
• Winter Freedman’s Farm Tour, And Confederate Winter Camp Site Walking Tour - Feb 28
• James Madison’s 259th Birthday Celebration - Mar 16
• Spring Big Woods Walk - Apr 11
• Orange County Historic Garden Week Tour - Apr 17
• Clay Making Techniques - Visual Arts Concentration - Apr 17-18
• Metal Smithing Visual Arts Concentration Sun's Traces Gallery - Apr 27-28

More Events in Orange County

Orange County, Virginia:

Orange County is located near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Central Virginia region. It is between the headwaters of the York and Rappahannock Rivers and the Rapidan River and North Anna River bordering it on the south. The towns of Orange and Gordonsville are in the county.

Montpelier, home of President James Madison and his wife, Dolley, is located in Orange Couty. More than 85,000 visitors tour the home of the "Father of the U.S. Constitution," and its estate is the site of the popular steeplechase Montpelier Races. The Barboursville Ruins, the only building in Orange said to be designed by Thomas Jefferson, is another historic highlight. And 12 Civil War sites are located in the county, including the Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville.

With its many rivers, fishing and water sports are popular pursuits. Skydive Orange attracts skydivers from northern Virginia.

Destinations in Orange County:

• Barboursville
• Gordonsville
• Locust Grove
• Montpelier
• Montpelier Station
• Orange
• Rapidan
• Somerset