The Wilderness Road

1. Visitors Center

Winchester, VA

Begin blazing your own trail on the Wilderness Road Trail at the Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center. Driving directions and Wilderness Road brochures are available from the friendly and helpful travel counselors. In Winchester-Frederick County, visitors following the Wilderness Road will get a better view of history when they explore relics of the era: old homes built of native limestone, George Washington's headquarters, the ruins of an old church used as barracks during the Revolutionary War, the oldest tombstone in the Shenandoah Valley, an inn that has welcomed travelers since 1797, an 18th century grain and livestock farm, and much more.