Editing Lynchburg, Virginia (section)

== Arts and culture ==
In a ''Forbes'' magazine survey, Lynchburg ranked 189 for cultural and leisure out of 200 cities surveyed:<ref name="Lynchburg News & Advance">[https://archive.today/20080401003434/http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/business/local/article/lynchburg_lands_in_forbes_magazines_top_25_list/3333/ Lynchburg News & Advance]</ref>
* Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra. Created in 1983, throughout the years a variety of music has been presented, from the classical to the patriotic to the popular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lynchburgsymphony.org/|title=Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra: Making Music In Central Virginia Since 1983|website=Lynchburgsymphony.org|access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>
* Academy of Fine Arts. Greater Lynchburg's center for arts, culture, and community building.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://academycenter.org/|title=Academy Center of the Arts Homepage|website=academycenter.org|access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>
* Commerce Street Theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commercestreettheater.org/|title=Commerce Street Theater official website|website=commercestreettheater.org|access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>
* Renaissance Theater. The longest-running community theater in the area, open for over 25 years.
* Lynchburg Art Club. Formed in March 1895.
* Opera on the James. [[Opera]] performed by national and regional artists in a wide variety of venues since 2005 including classic grand operas, small scale lesser-known operas, contemporary works, family operas, concerts of diverse repertoire, lectures, school tours and free community outreach.
* The Maier Museum of Art. The museum is located on the campus of Randolph College and features works by American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
* Riverviews Artspace. A nonprofit arts organization presenting contemporary art exhibitions, multi-disciplinary programs, and events.
* Wolfbane Productions. An award-winning performing arts organization with year-round performances and cultural events.

The following attractions are located within the [[Lynchburg metropolitan area]]:
* Amazement Square: Central Virginia's first multidisciplinary, hands-on children's museum.
* [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Courthouse]]: The site of the [[Battle of Appomattox Court House]], where the surrender of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate Army]] under [[Robert E. Lee]] to [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] commander [[Ulysses S. Grant]] took place on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the [[American Civil War]].
* [[Crabtree Falls]]: The longest waterfall east of the Mississippi River, is located in Nelson County, Virginia. The trail leads hikers along a 1.7-mile hike with views of five cascades of Crabtree Falls. The land formerly in private ownership prior to the late 1970s is in the George Washington National Forest. Crabtree Falls sits near two undeveloped mountainous areas designated as Wilderness areas: The Priest & Three Ridges respectfully. Since 1982, thirty (30) people have fallen to their deaths due to navigating too far away from the trail. There are warning signs at the public trailhead because of this.
* James River Heritage Trail: Composed of two smaller trails, the Blackwater Creek Bikeway and RiverWalk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lynchburgva.gov/Index.aspx?page=546|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103453/http://www.lynchburgva.gov/Index.aspx?page=546|url-status=dead|title=James River Heritage Trail|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref>
* Trails of Blackwater Creek: a network of paved and unpaved trails weaving through the Blackwater Creek natural area.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lynchburgparksandrec.com/trails/trails-of-blackwater-creek/ |title=Trails of Blackwater Creek – Lynchburg Parks & Recreation |work=Lynchburg Parks & Recreation |access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/03/635292606/concerns-of-dam-failure-prompt-evacuations-in-lynchburg-va |title=Concerns Of Dam Failure Prompt Evacuations in Lynchburg, Va. |work=[[NPR News]] |first=Camila |last=Domonoske |date=August 3, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2018}}</ref>
* Miller-Claytor House: Pre-19th century townhouse where [[Thomas Jefferson]] allegedly proved to the owner of the house's garden that tomatoes were not poisonous by eating one of the fruit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=14751 |title=Miller Claytor House |access-date=December 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116102538/https://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=14751 |archive-date=January 16, 2010}}</ref> Home was dismantled in 1936 and rebuilt at its Riverside Park location, where the garden was also restored.
* [[National D-Day Memorial]]: Located in [[Bedford, Virginia]], it commemorates all those who served the United States during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
* Nature Zone: A division of Lynchburg Parks and Recreation.
* [[Old City Cemetery (Lynchburg, Virginia)|Old City Cemetery Museums & Arboretum]]: The most visited historic site in the City of Lynchburg. Established in 1806, the Old City Cemetery is Lynchburg's only publicly owned burial ground and one of its oldest cemeteries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gravegarden.org/lynchburg-burial-grounds/|title=Lynchburg Burial Grounds|first=Old City|last=Cemetery|website=Old City Cemetery}}</ref> It is also home to the largest public collection of heirloom or "antique" roses in the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gravegarden.org/ |title=Old City Cemetery |publisher=Southern Memorial Association |website=gravegarden.org |access-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref>
* The Old Court House: This Hill City landmark was built in 1855. Fashioned as a Greek temple high above the James River, it is now the home of Central Virginia's best collection of memorabilia, furnishings, costumes and industrial history.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}
* [[Peaks of Otter]]: Three mountain peaks in the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]], overlooking the town of [[Bedford, Virginia]] and in prominent view throughout most of Lynchburg.
* [[Point of Honor]]: The Federal-era mansion of [[George Cabell (physician)|Dr. George Cabell Sr.]], friend and physician of the patriot [[Patrick Henry]], and John S. Langhorne whose daughter [[Elizabeth Langhorne Lewis]] led the fight for women's suffrage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/doc/suffrage_speeches |title=Education from LVA: Public Speeches on Woman Suffrage |access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> His granddaughters include [[Charles Dana Gibson|Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson]], the original "Gibson Girl" and [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor|Nancy Langhorne]], Lady Astor, the first woman elected to the British Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-07-29|title=Point of Honor {{!}} Lynchburg Virginia|url=http://www.pointofhonor.org/history/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070729172719/http://www.pointofhonor.org/history/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-29|access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref>
* [[Poplar Forest]]: Thomas Jefferson's retreat home. Jefferson designed the octagonal house during his second term as president and sojourned here in his retirement to find rest and leisure and escape public life. Ongoing restoration and archaeology is taking place at the site.{{update inline|date=April 2019}} A future access road/parkway is planned between the property and the Wyndhurst community with an existing signalized intersection on Enterprise Drive.{{update inline|date=April 2019}}
* [[Smith Mountain Lake]]: The largest lake entirely within Virginia, located in [[Bedford County, Virginia]] and [[Franklin County, Virginia]] (part of the Lynchburg MSA), the man-made lake features about 20,000 surface acres and 500 miles of shoreline.