Forest

Forest is best known within Virginia for Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, his octagonal personal retreat. This Bedford County community lies west of Lynchburg, where the rolling Piedmont approaches the Blue Ridge Mountains. Jefferson began creating Poplar Forest as a retreat from public life in the early 1800s; its distinctive octagonal house remains the centrepiece of the historic site. Today, the site interprets the plantation’s architecture, archaeological work and the lives of enslaved people who lived and worked there. Forest itself has a suburban-rural character rather than a traditional downtown. Explore further webcams across the surrounding area to broaden your perspective on Forest and Virginia’s Blue Ridge foothills.

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