Scott County Tourism

05/26/2025

Happy Memorial Day!

Today, we honor those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice to make our freedom free 🇺🇸 Thank you to all of our servicemen and women for all that you have done for our nation ❤️

05/25/2025

What a BEAUTIFUL day and an AWESOME turnout at the Jeep Jam in Gate City today! Stay tuned for our video recap of the day! Thank you so much Gate City Frontier, Inc. for such a fun event!

05/24/2025

Nickelsville Days is right around the corner, which means the ‘Miss Nickelsville Days’ pageant is next Saturday, May 31st!

This is a Virginia Association of Fairs preliminary pageant (!!!) with scholarship opportunities for participants. The pageant is open to all age divisions AND all Virginia residents. Today is the last day to enter 🚨 Please help us share this awesome opportunity for girls!

05/22/2025

One of THE biggest events in Scott County this year - the Gate City Jeep Jam - is THIS Saturday 🤩

The event kicks off at 10 am and you can expect to see some of the coolest jeeps around! Even if you don’t have a Jeep, bring the family out to check out all of the vendors AND our local downtown shops 👏

It’s going to be a fun weekend - and a great chance to check out the growing downtown Gate City area! Huge shoutout to Gate City Frontier, Inc. for all of their hard work!

05/21/2025

Wow! This is in incredible! One of our very own local restaurants is being featured as one of the BEST!

05/20/2025

We are so excited about this launch! Make your way out to Duffield Friday to support this!

05/17/2025

Gate City Frontier, Inc. - thank you so much for all of your hard work!

05/16/2025

📍 Save the date!

Nickelsville Days is right around the corner, and they’ve got fun lined up for the whole family 👏 Kick things off Friday night with a car show/jam session, and follow up on Saturday with all kinds of activities! The Heritage Community will also have food, crafts, and music as well. Nickelsville is gearing things up for a great celebration, so come out and bring the family!

05/15/2025

There are seeds still available until supplies run out 🌻 We had several growers in the county last year, and it made for beautiful backdrops and scenery throughout Scott County! If you participated last year, we’d love to have you again! If you did not, give our extension office a call and sign up to do it this year!

Back by popular demand – the Scott County Sunflower Tour !

Last year we had a wildly successful (and beautiful) sunflower 🌻 blanket across Scott County, and we can’t wait to see it grow bigger and better!

Mann Farms, in conjunction with the Scott County Extension Service, the Scott County Bounty Trail, and Scott County Tourism wants YOU to grow sunflowers 🌻

David Mann is graciously providing Peredovik Black Oilseed to Scott County residents / businesses / farms / venues. To participate, you must commit to plant at least one-quarter to one-half acre of sunflowers. The sunflower area must be accessible to the public so we can map the fields for a spectacular and scenic drive through Scott County.
Scott County Tourism will provide a Selfie Sunflower Station (yard sign) for growers to designate their spot. In addition, Scott County Extension services will provide instructions on planting the seeds for maximum coverage and beauty.

Sunflowers require between 100 to 120 days to propagate. Seeds will be distributed at the Scott County Extension office (131 Military Lane, Gate City) May 13th from 10 am-5 pm or by appointment after May 13th. After receiving your seeds, Scott County Extension Agent Scott Jerrell will provide planting instructions.
To participate or for questions, call (276) 452-2772.

Let’s Paint Scott County Yellow 🌻

05/14/2025

Got a Jeep? We've got TWO Jeep Jams coming up the next two weekends!

Here's a little snippet of things we've got going on in Scott County the next couple of months. For a more comprehensive list of events and activities, visit our website at https://www.explorescottcountyva.org/