Green Cove Visitor Center
ORGANIZATION: USDA Forest Service
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The Mount Rogers National Recreation Area offers unique recreation opportunities in a more than 5,000 ft. high area with large rock formations, mountain balds, and spruce-fir forests. Within Mount Rogers, there are four wilderness areas, 500 miles of trails, eleven campgrounds, three rental cabins. Beautiful scenic roads, such as the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway, the road to Whitetop Mountain, and Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway offers multiple viewing destinations. Mt. Rogers is home to 60 miles of Appalachian Trail and 18 miles of the Virginia Creeper Trail. Motorcyclists and cyclists can enjoy the beautiful Iron Mountain Trail. Horseback-riders can enjoy the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail, one of the marque saddle trails in the region. In addition, visitors to Mount Rogers have the opportunity to go hunting, fishing, canoeing, bird watching, wading, cross country skiing, and viewing wildlife.
Green Cove Station was built by the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1914, and positioned on a stretch of track between Abingdon, Virginia and West Jefferson, North Carolina. The train and the line, became known as the Virginia Creeper because of its slow speed going up and over the mountains. Green Cove was a social center where folks gathered to get their mail, meet the train, and catch up on what was happening with their neighbors. Green Cove is the only original passenger station remaining on what was the Abingdon Branch. Green Cove Station and its contents were given to the USDA Forest Service so that it might be restored and preserved. Today it serves as a gathering and resting spot for thousands of visitors to the Virginia Creeper Trail. Green Cove Visitor Center is a great place to learn more about the area, the Virginia Creeper Trail and purchase memorabilia. The US Forest Service partners with the Friends of Mount Rogers, a non-profit organization that promotes the appreciation and enjoyment of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. This position is responsible for the successful daily operations of the visitor center.
Start Date - 2024-08-01
End Date - 2024-11-04
Activities include: General Assistance;Tour Guide/Interpretation;Visitor Information
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Mission Statement
The USDA Forest Service's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation’s 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, spanning 193 million acres of land.
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3714 Highway 16Marion, VA 24354
DATE POSTED
June 30, 2024
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