With some awesome day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Jefferson, 20 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Jefferson Landing and Mount Jefferson State Park. Don’t skip Wytheville either! Just 20 miles away, Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre, Galewinds Amusement Park and Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum are essential stops here.