Virginia's Retreat is a region in South Central Virginia offering travelers the Lee's Retreat and Wilson-Kautz Raid Civil War driving tours, the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail, a wide variety of tourist attractions and abundant outdoor recreational opportunities. The Virginia's Retreat region is comprised of 12 South Central Virginia localities that jointly promote these tourism products to the general public.

History
Virginia's Retreat was organized in March, 1993 to explore ways that the Counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Prince Edward and the City of Petersburg could work together to promote the region's rich abundance of natural and historical resources. Representatives from each of the eight localities, working closely with the Virginia Division of Tourism, the Virginia Division of State Parks and the National Park Service, held a planning retreat in April, 1993 to design a strategy for accomplishing the Consortium's mission. Virginia's Retreat's mission is to increase tourism, economic activity, preservation, enhancement and education about the region's natural, recreational and historic resources. Since 2000 these additional jurisdictions have joined the consortium: Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Powhatan.

2007 Virginia's Retreat Annual Report (pdf format)

Download Virginia's Retreat Outdoor Guide here (pdf format)

Download Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail brochure here (pdf format)