Plan a vacation getaway at the Briar Patch Bed and Breakfast Inn and discover the beauty of Virginia’s wine country.  Conveniently located about an hour from Washington D.C. and 20 minutes from Dulles Airport, our lodging in Northern Virginia wine country puts you at the heart of so many wonderful activities, including golf, white water rafting, horseback riding, hiking, hot air ballooning, and more.  Area attractions include winery tours, historical sites, Civil War battlefields and museums, equestrian events, and farmers’ markets.  We will be happy to share our expertise of the area with you and assist you in planning your daily itinerary.   In the meantime, please explore the links we’ve provided below.  We look forward to hosting your stay!

RESTAURANTS | WINERIES | AREA EVENTS | EQUESTRIAN |RECREATION
FARMS | HISTORICAL SITES | CIVIL WAR SITES | GOLF
RAFTING, CANOEING, ETC. | BALLOONING

RESTAURANTS IN MIDDLEBURG

Back Street Café - Middleburg, VA
Coach Stop - Middleburg, VA 
Dank's Deli - Middleburg, VA
French Hound–Middleburg,VA
Hilltoppers at The Goodstone Inn – Middleburg, VA
Hidden Horse Tavern - Middleburg, VA 
Home Farm Store
Market Salamander - Middleburg, VA
Mello Out – Middleburg, VA 
Red Fox Inn - Middleburg, VA
Red Horse Tavern – Middleburg, VA
Salvia Ristorante – Middleburg, VA
Scruffy's Ice Cream Parlor - Middleburg, VA
Teddy’s Pizza and Subs – Middleburg, VA
Upper Crust Bakery - Middleburg, VA

Ashby Inn & Restaurant - Paris, VA
Blackthorne Inn & Restaurant – Upperville, VA
Grandale Farm Restaurant – Hillsboro, VA
Hunters Head Tavern – Upperville, VA
L'Auberge Provencale - White Post, VA
Little Apple Pastry Shop - Aldie, VA
Lightfoot - Leesburg, VA
Magnolias at the Mill - Purcellville, VA
Patowmack Farm Restaurant - Lovettsville, VA
Rail Stop - The Plains, VA
Tuscarora Mill - Leesburg, VA

AREA EVENTS

• Loudoun County Events
• Middleburg Events
• Virginia Events

• Chase Run Stable – Leesburg, VA
• Forest Grove Stables – Leesburg, VA
• Fox Chase Farm – Middleburg, VA
• Great Meadow Polo - The Plains, VA
• Hunt Country Stable Tour
• Middleburg Classic Horse Show
• Middleburg Spring Races - Middleburg, VA
• Misty Brae Farm – Aldie, VA
• Marriott Ranch - Hume, VA
• Morven Park - Leesburg, VA
• Morven Park International Equestrian Center
• Serene Acres - Bluemont, VA
• StoneGate Stables – Aldie, VA
• Upperville Horse Show – Upperville, VA
• Virginia Gold Cup Association
• Virginia Fall Races – Middleburg, VA

PARKS, HIKING, BIKING, AND  RECREATION

• Algonkian Regional Park – Sterling, VA
• Banshee Reeks Nature Reserve – Leesburg, VA
• Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, VA
• C&O Canal Trail
• Claude Moore Park – Sterling, VA
• Franklin Park – Purcellville, VA
• Hogback Mountain Paintball – Leesburg, VA
• Ida Lee Park – Leesburg, VA
• Red Rock Wilderness Overlook Regional Park – Leesburg, VA
• Rust Sanctuary – Leesburg, VA
• Sky Meadows State Park - Paris, VA
• Shenandoah National Park 
• Temple Hall Farm Regional Park – Leesburg, VA
• Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park Trail

• Alpacas of Middleburg at Flowing Fleece Farm – Middleburg, VA
• Ayrshire Farm - Middleburg, VA
• Baileywyck Farm – Middleburg, VA
• Blue Ridge Center’s Mountain View Farm – Purcellville, VA
• Butterfly Hill Farm – Waterford, VA
• Chicama Run – Purcellville, VA
• Crooked Run Orchard – Purcellville, VA
• Debaggio’s Herb Farm – Chantilly, VA
• Ellmore’s Greenhouses – Hamilton, VA
• Endless Summer Harvest – Purcellville, VA
  
• Fields of Athenry Farm – Purcellville, VA
• Fields of Flowers - Purcellville, VA 

• Fox Chase Farm – Middleburg, VA
• Great Country Farms - Bluemont, VA 
• Heritage Farm Museum – Sterling, VA
• Ivandale Farm – Hamilton, VA
• The Lavender Path – Lovettsville, VA
• Leesburg Animal Park – Leesburg, VA
• Leesburg Farmers Market – Leesburg, VA
• Loudoun Nursery at Bellwether Tree Farm – Purcellville, VA
• Middleburg Farmers Market – Middleburg, VA
• Natural Mercantile of Hamilton – Hamilton, VA
• Patowmack Farm - Lovettsville, VA
• Willow Hawk Farm – Lovettsville, VA

• Aldie Mill - Aldie, VA
• Dodona Manor George C. Marshall International Center – Leesburg, VA
• FDR Memorial - Washington, DC
• Historic Long Branch – Millwood, VA
• Jefferson Memorial - Washington, DC
• Lincoln Memorial - Washington, DC
• Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
• Loudoun Museum
• Monticello (Jefferson's Home) - Charlottesville, VA
• Montpelier – Orange, VA
• Mount Vernon (Washington's Home) - Mt. Vernon, VA

• Museum of the Shenandoah Valley – Winchester, VA
• Oatlands Plantation - Leesburg, VA
• Smithsonian Institution Naturalist Center – Leesburg, VA
• Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
• The Journey Through Hallowed Ground
• Thomas Balch Library – Leesburg, VA
• United States Capitol - Washington, DC
• United States Holocaust Memorial - Washington, DC
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Washington, DC
• Washington Monument - Washington, DC
• White House - Washington, DC

CIVIL WAR SITES

• Antietam National Battlefield – Sharpsburg, MD
• Balls Bluff Battlefield - Leesburg, VA
• Civil War Trails
• Gettysburg National Battlefield - Gettysburg, PA
• Harpers Ferry National Park - Harpers Ferry, WV
• John Singleton Mosby Heritage Area
• Manassas National Battlefield - Manassas, VA
• Old Courthouse Civil War Museum – Winchester, VA
• Stone House at Harper Park
• Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters – Winchester, VA
• Sully Historic Site – Chantilly, VA
• Virginia Civil War sites

GOLF

• Algonkian Regional Park - Sterling, VA
• Brambleton Regional Park - Ashburn, VA
• Bull Run Golf Club - Haymarket, VA
• Dulles Golf Center & Sports Park - Sterling, VA
• Goose Creek Golf Club - Leesburg, VA
• Lansdowne Golf Club - Leesburg, VA
• Northern Virginia Golf Courses
• Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club - Leesburg, VA
• Stoneleigh Golf Club - Round Hill, VA
• South Riding Golf Club – South Riding, VA (www.southridinggc.com)
• Virginia National Golf Club - Bluemont, VA
• Westpark Golf Club – Leesburg, VA

RIVER RAFTING, CANOEING, & TUBING

• BTI Whitewater - Purcellville, VA
• River Riders - Harpers Ferry, WV

HOT AIR BALLOONING

• Blue Ridge Hot Air Balloons - Front Royal, VA
• Hot Air Balloon and Wine Festival
• Virginia Ballooning

• About an hour west of Washington, DC.

• 20 minutes from Dulles International Airport.

• Close to many of
  Virginia’s finest wineries.

• Close to historic towns of Middleburg, Aldie, Leesburg, Purcellville, Waterford, and Manassas with many antique shops and fine dining.

• We are in the heart of historic Virginia horse country with many attractions for the equestrian including
  horse shows, riding, steeplechases or point-
  to-point racing, fox hunting, and polo.

• Explore the beautiful winding country roads dotted with picturesque farms and views of
  the Blue Ridge and
  Bull Run Mountains.

• We are within an easy
  drive of many historic
  Civil War battlefields, including Manassas National Battlefield
  Park and Bull Run Park.

• For the shopper, we are near an outlet mall in Leesburg.

• On-site swimming pool, public tennis courts are nearby, lots of places to hike or bike in the area,
  and golf club nearby.

• Perfect for day trips to Shenandoah National 
  Park, Harper’s Ferry, Shepherdstown, or
  Charles Town.