The area around Wintergreen has exploded in the last 10 years with an amazing variety of top-tier wineries, breweries, distilleries, and cideries. So much so that there is a website and phone app that helps you plan your visit—Nelson151. Here, you’ll be able to see what is available at each location to most effectively use your time. There are even links to transportation firms that can pick you up at the condos and take you to any or all of your favorite destinations..so you can relax and enjoy all that Nelson 151 has to offer!

All of the breweries in the Wintergreen area, plus Bold Rock Cidery,  feature full-service menus. Devils Backbone even offers breakfast. But there are other restaurants in the Wintergreen area that can please anyone’s palette, and many feature farm-to-table menus that you’ll long remember.

On the mountain, within the Wintergreen Resort are two venues no further than 5 minutes from the condos:  The Copper Mine and The Edge.  The Copper Mine serves pasta, pizza, tapas, and  other Mediterranean cuisine, and its breakfast buffet on Sundays is well worth the visit.  The Edge is more of a sports bar, with sandwiches, burgers, appetizers, etc., and it does offer live entertainment on some nights.   There is a fourth restaurant at Wintergreen, the Stoney Creek Grill, down in the Valley at the Stony Creek Golf Course.

Away from the Resort, there are a number of other food choices. Basic Necessities is a long-time staple in the Wintergreen area, adding French flair to southern cuisine. They also do nice picnic baskets and sell wine and cheese. If you like barbeque, you’ll love the Blue Ridge Pig and Paulie’s Pig-out,! Wintergreen has a good Mexican Restaurant in Margarita‘s at the base of the mountain, and for Italian, go across the street from Margarita’s to Giuseppe’s which features really good pizza and pasta dishes.

 Hiking

The Wintergreen area is a hiker’s dream! The Resort itself boasts over 30 miles of marked and maintained trails, with everything from a 10-minute leg stretcher to a full-day workout.

The Appalachian Trail skirts the Resort, and offer wonderful day hikes to the Three Ridges area, the cliffs just north of the Resort, and Humpback Rocks.

Just south of Wintergreen is Crabtree Falls, a set of cascades which is highest in the eastern part of the United States. And the nearby Shenandoah National Park offers hundreds of miles of beautiful trails to explore! We keep trail maps for Wintergreen in each of our condos, and you can visit the nearby Wintergreen Nature Foundation office for great suggestions on a hike you may enjoy. The Foundation also guides group hikes that may be an excellent way to learn of the Appalachian Mountain region.

Lake Monocan

In the Valley lies Lake Monocan, a 20-acre lake and park open from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  The lake features a snack bar, canoes, kayaks, fishing equipment, sand volleyball court, sandy beach, floating inflatables, lounge chairs, picnic area and outdoor charcoal grills. A great place to relax on a summer day!

Tubing, Kayaking, Canoeing

The rivers nearby offer plenty of opportunities for paddling activities. The James River, about an hour away in Scottsville, has a couple of operators that can provide all the equipment and shuttles for a peaceful day floating on the river. On the west side of the mountains, the South Fork of the Shenandoah River offers a nice paddle right in the town of Waynesboro.