More than 200 years old, Shot Tower was used by early settlers to create ammunition. The tower is in Foster Falls, beside New River Trail.| www.dcr.virginia.gov
This is a virtual tour of the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower in Austinville. It is one of the few surviving shot towers in the United States designed for making spherical lead shot through what is called the “drop process,” where hot lead is dropped from a great height into a basin of water. Read more about: Jackson Ferry Shot Tower| Encyclopedia Virginia
This 57-mile-long linear park offers horse rentals, river tubing, hiking and biking, fishing, canoe and kayak rentals, camping and cabin rentals.| www.dcr.virginia.gov