Editing Woodstock, Virginia (section)

== Recreation ==
Seven Bends State Park is located just outside of town limits with 1,066 acre area in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theriver953.com/seven-bends-state-park-nears-quiet-opening/ |title=Seven Bends State Park Nears 'Quiet' Opening |publisher=The River 95.3 |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto9">{{cite web|url=https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/recreational-planning/document/mp4seexecsum.pdf |title=Planning info |publisher=www.dcr.virginia.gov |access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref> The master plan for Seven Bends State Park was adopted on November 26, 2008 by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).<ref name="auto9"/> The park is in the geographically unique "Seven Bends" area of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and provides access to the River's North Fork. The park's eastern border is shared with the George Washington- Jefferson National Forest, and the park's western boundary is the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, which includes a four-mile-long shoreline.<ref name="auto9"/> [[File:Seven Bends State Park.jpg|thumb|right|Seven Bends State Park, just outside of Woodstock, is one of the newest additions to the Virginia State Parks system and was formally opened in 2019.]]

The Woodstock Tower, built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is located on a 2000&nbsp;ft mountain that overlooks the town.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.virginia.org/listings/OutdoorsAndSports/WoodstockTower/|title=Woodstock Tower - Virginia Is For Lovers|website=www.virginia.org}}</ref> The tower is a popular sightseeing attraction, providing panoramic views of the valleys on either side and of the seven bends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. In March 2019, a portion of the road leading to the tower crumbled due to erosion. The road received $350,000 worth of repairs by Virginia Department of Transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Repairs-begin-on-Woodstock-Tower-Road-564000781.html|title=Repairs begin on Woodstock Tower Road half a year after closure|first=John|last=Hood|website=www.whsv.com}}</ref> The road re-opened again in November 2019.

In the August to September time frame each year, Woodstock's Shenandoah County Fairgrounds plays host to the Shenandoah County Fair, which includes concerts, horse harness races, crafts, and farm exhibitions. The Shenandoah County Fair has been held on these premises since 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shencofair.com/#/|title=Shenandoah County Fair|website=www.shencofair.com}}</ref> In addition, the Fairgrounds host a horse harness racing season in September and October called Shenandoah Downs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shencofair.com/shenandoahdowns/2019/|title=Shenandoah Downs|website=shencofair.com}}</ref>

===Viticultural attractions===

The Shenandoah Valley's relatively dry climate, warm days and cool nights are conducive to producing good wine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/explore-wine-country-in-virginias-scenic-shenandoah-valley/|title=Explore wine country in Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley|date=October 30, 2017|website=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanwineryguide.com/regions/shenandoah-valley-ava-wineries/|title=Shenandoah Valley Wineries|website=www.americanwineryguide.com}}</ref> The climate allows grapes to attain higher acidity, which is generally positive for wine.<ref name="auto8">{{cite web|url=https://www.c-ville.com/growing-interest-shenandoah-valleys-unique-climate-spurs-wine-resurgence/|title=Growing interest: Shenandoah Valley's unique climate spurs its wine resurgence|date=September 26, 2018}}</ref> Limestone soil, which is common to the Valley, has been long associated with great wine growing regions in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2010/05/why-limestone-matters-for-viticulture.html|title=Why Limestone Matters for Wine Grape Growing|website=Tablas Creek Vineyard Blog}}</ref>  The region is a designated [[Shenandoah Valley AVA|American Viticultural Area (AVA)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Shenandoah-Valley-(VA).html |title=info |publisher=wine.appellationamerica.com/ |access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref> Virginia's first AVA, identified in 1982.<ref name="auto6">{{cite web|url=https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/camille_berry/posts/the-wines-of-virginia|title=The Wines of Virginia - Camille Berry - Articles - GuildSomm|website=www.guildsomm.com}}</ref> The Shenandoah Valley is a relatively dry "rain shadow," as storms soak the mountains on either side of the Blue Ridge and Alleghenies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiaplaces.org/climate/|title=Climate of Virginia|website=www.virginiaplaces.org}}</ref> The growing season in the Valley is distinctly warmer and drier than in neighboring Virginia regions, which don't have the natural rain barrier from the nearby mountains,<ref name="auto18">{{cite web|url=https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-shenandoah+valley+-+virginia|title=Shenandoah Valley - Virginia Wine Region|website=Wine-Searcher}}</ref> and where, east of the Blue Ridge, vineyard soils are primarily clay and loam.<ref name="auto6"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/jessica-dupuy/posts/emerging-american-wine-regions-pt-2|title=Rising American Wine Regions to Know|date=September 27, 2018|website=SevenFifty Daily}}</ref> The annual rainfall in the Valley is one half that of the Virginia average.<ref name="auto18"/> These conditions are thus more favorable for Cabernet Franc, Chambourcin, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lemberger, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, and Riesling.<ref name="auto8"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/05/10/valley-climate-culture-unique-for-wine-making-/8952433/|title=The News Leader|first=Megan|last=Williams|website=The News Leader}}</ref> The area around Woodstock has several wineries. Muse Vineyards is located in Woodstock within the "Seven Bends" area of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. Other nearby wineries include Cave Ridge Vineyard, about 14 miles southwest of Woodstock in the rural hills of Shenandoah County, and Shenandoah Vineyards, about 4.5 miles from Woodstock in Edinburg, VA (Shenandoah Vineyards is reportedly the second oldest active winery in Virginia and was founded in 1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virginiawineworks.com/Shenandoah|title=Michael Shaps Wineworks - Shenandoah|website=www.virginiawineworks.com}}</ref> In addition to wineries, Woodstock has a brewpub, the Woodstock Brewhouse, founded in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/New-Brewhouse-Opens-In-Woodstock-317010811.html|title=New Brewhouse Opens In Woodstock|first=Avery|last=Powell|website=www.whsv.com}}</ref> housed in a restored industrial-age facility that was formerly a Woodstock denim factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shenandoahstories.org/items/show/263|title=Casey Jones/Woodstock Brew House|first1=The|last1=Shen|first2=oah Stories|last2=team|website=Shenandoah Stories}}</ref>