Hosts Ward and Barb Halligan welcome guests to their CornerStone Farm, a charming bed and breakfast on a working farm in Red Oak, Virginia. Packages are available that let you work or relax as much as you wish. Experience working on a true farm with the Farmer or Farmhand packages, which include activities like gathering eggs, milking goats, feeding livestock, horseback riding, goat packing and fishing. Travel packages and Getaway packages offer guests a more relaxing time at this home-away-from-home. All guests can participate in fun activities like bird watching, bicycling, picnics, hunting, nature walks and crafts like making soap, cheese, bread and potpourri. Enjoy amenities such as a full country breakfast, private bathroom in every room, remote-controlled ceiling fans, turndown service and a deck with beautiful views.
CornerStone Farm
525 Barnes Rd.
Red Oak, VA 23964
866-977-FARM (3276)
cornerstonefarm.net
You'll find this horse farm in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 10 miles southwest of Culpepper, Virginia. Open year-round, this little inn is ideal for romantic weekends away from home or a family vacation away from bigger cities. A variety of packages is available depending on your tastes and desires. You can help gather eggs or feed animals if you wish, or you can spend your time relaxing by the pool or the fireplace. Innkeepers Kathy and Samantha Williams have furnished both of the private accommodations with lovely antiques and a fully-equipped kitchen, including food staples such as condiments, baking items, coffee, tea, milk and juice so guests can prepare their own meals. The farm grows organic produce in the garden, which you can pick and enjoy in your private kitchen. If you're traveling with horses, you can board them in their deluxe barn. The Shenandoah National Park is nearby, along with hiking trails leaving from the inn and snow sledding in the winter.
The Funny Farm Inn
2437 Funny Farm Road
Reva, VA 22735
540-547-3481
bbonline.com/va/funnyfarm/index.html
Elmo's Rest is a fifth-generation farm operated by Nancy and Danny Johnson in Bedford, Virginia. With a wide variety of animals including cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, turkeys and chickens and 250 acres of orchards and farm land, you'll experience what it's like to live on a real farm. The farmhouse, dating from the 1900s, provides comfortable accommodations including three bedrooms, a den and dining room, a nursery and a porch. You provide the food, but the house has a fully-equipped kitchen stocked with the basics. If you choose to dine out, restaurants and fast food are close by. Pond fishing, nature trails, hiking and apple picking plus the onsite Peaks of Otter Winery will keep you as busy or as relaxed as you wish. The Blue Ridge Parkway is about eight miles away, and the National D-Day Memorial is seven miles away.
Elmo's Rest
2122 Sheep Creek Road
Bedford, VA 24523
540-586-3707
elmosrest.com
