Title: Things to Do in Amherst County in 2026 | Expedia.com

# Things to do in Amherst County

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## What to do in Amherst County

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## Popular day trips from Amherst County

![Lynchburg](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/2187/12b97dea-8052-4ad8-be17-ec34c43c37f3.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Lynchburg

![Appomattox Court House National Park, the American Civil War battle site near Lynchburg, Virginia, USA](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/55551/db10ac12-3b88-4938-85f8-12272ebe9c7b.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Appomattox

![Hollins Mill Dam](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/55814/ac46aa51-ed86-4556-b6d4-cd69a893c0f2.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Madison Heights

![Aerial view of the Maury River and Blue Ridge Mountains, in Buena Vista, Virginia.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/184088/3658cabf-f3a0-4d80-8ccb-8553bf11c2fe.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Buena Vista

![Blue Ridge mountains in late autumn color panorama landscape on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000460022/8b2301ad-dcec-4839-a8e8-59e948d42e7c.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Arrington

![Late autumn scene along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro, Virginia](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6353581/26596ff1-7ff8-4a00-9620-b39af3e79eb3.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Montebello

![Farm road fence in Roseland, Virginia near Blue Ridge parkway mountains in summer with idyllic rural landscape countryside in Nelson County](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6361484/3994156e-4c6c-4bd3-8ca3-36690f9f722a.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Roseland

![Richmond_JamesRiver_553248621532661548_08](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/553248621532661548/33320ad6-d16f-481a-ba20-67740f423061.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

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