One of the signature attractions in Wise County is the Trail of the Lonesone Pine outdoor drama. The show, based on the 1908 novel by John Fox Jr., opened in 1964. Nine shows were offered in August, and 800 people attended. Since then the show has been expanded to run in June-August. Local actors present shows at the June Tolliver Playhouse, which replaced a vegetable garden in 1964.1
the UVA-Wise campus is filled with modern buildings
advertising in the Town of Wise the presence of the UVA-Wise campus
advertising the 2018 Remore Area Medical clinic, with free health care, in Wise County
Powell Valley Overlook on US 23 in Wise County
school consolidation in Wise County is reflected in the high school's name
downtown Big Stone Gap is primarily two-story buildings
commercial sector, Big Stone Gap
Miners Park in Big Stone Gap was once the location of the Monte Vista Hotel
the Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
H. W. Meador Coal Museum in Big Stone Gap
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park in Big Stone Gap
at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park in Big Stone Gap, stones around the Ayers mansion honor famous people from the area
red oak woodwork in the Ayers mansion, now the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park in Big Stone Gap
a Norfolk and western Railroad caboose is parked at the end of the Powell River Trail in Appalachia
Miners Memorial Park in the Town of Appalachia
Miners Memorial Park includes a fan used to clear methane from underground mines
Miners Memorial Park memorializes miners killed while working
Source: Southwest Virginia
three railroads competed to haul coal and coke from Wise County in 1906, before the Clinchfield arrived in 1909
Source: Library of Congress, Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia
Wise County streams
strip mining of coal has transformed the topography in parts of Wise County
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online
the Town of Appalachia developed on Looney Creek when two railroads bypassed Big Stone Gap
(1896)
Source: Library of Congress, Boones map of the Black Diamond System of Railways