Galax, Va

[ShrnShndl]

Anyone from the area?  Thinking about retiring there.  Please tell me about it, good and bad.

Thanks,

Jim

[Cecil]

I live close to Galax. small town all around nice place. creeper trail and New river not far. alot of National forest to hunt and good bit of farming still going on. bow shoots every weekend some where around here.

[Butchie]

Beautiful area!  Just drove through there on our trip to & from Editso Beach, SC.  I always enjoy traveling through that area...need to stop and see more some day.

[threeunder]

Was engaged to a gal from Galax back in College...LOL.

With the exception of that, its a great area.  Good to great deer hunting (going from public to private land...lol)

Great interstate access to I-77 and I-81.  I-64 isn't far up I-81.

I'm about 3 hours from there.  Killed my first deer not far from there in 1985.

Its a good place, very few, if any, hogs if you're interested in hunting them.  But good small game, deer, turkey, and okay bear hunting should be close.

[ShrnShndl]

Thanks for the replies.  Sounding better and better.

[ron w]

I was looking at that area myself. Seems real nice, but then my first grandson was born so now I'm going to northern Georgia in the not to distant future.

[adkarcher]

Hey Ron - hoping you find some hog places to hunt.....    Hope all is well.

[ron w]

Hi Martin......hope all is well with you and your family. I been to a few 3-D's with your Dad, he keeps me posted on you and the kids. When I move down we won't be all that far apart....lol!

[Marc B.]

Originally posted by Cecil:
I live close to Galax. small town all around nice place. creeper trail and New river not far. alot of National forest to hunt and good bit of farming still going on. bow shoots every weekend some where around here.

What Cecil said plus really nice people in the area.

[7 Lakes]

I used to live in Low Gap, just down the road.  Galax used to put on a world class fiddlers convention every year.  I know, you're telling yourself I hate Bluegrass but if you move there you'll find out how wrong you are.

[mark stella]

I just live up the road (north) about an hour if that.
Just inside WV through the tunnel. Galax is a pretty nice place.
Mt. Rogers to the west, New river and Claytor Lake not far, and plenty of deer. I would suggest taking a look a Bland County just north on I77. Pretty rural, lots of national forest, plenty of game, and most of all property and taxes are probably cheaper.
If ya make the move let me know. I can show ya around.

[ShrnShndl]

Mark, thanks very much for the offer.  We will look over several areas before making a final decision.  Will be going down in a couple of months to look things over.  Again, thanks very much.     Jim

[Marc B.]

Jim,
One word of warning about the area. If you are trying to escape winter we have real winters here due to the elevation. In 2009-10 we had multiple snows of over 20".

[The Night Stalker]

I live in Ashe county in NC that borders Grayson county. I have a cousin that live just outside Galax. Plenty of deer, no hogs, bears to the west towards mount Rogers.  Locals tend to shoot anything with antlers, a lot of road hunting during rifle season. If you want some more info, email me.

[Cecil]

Hillsville next to Galax has a huge fleamarket on labor day weekend.

[Duncan]

I've ridden the Creeper Trail from end to end and back. If you enjoy cycling its a load of fun. I have not hunted in the area so don't know what is available. Galax and Damascus are really neat towns. People seemed nice to me. Jefferson Bear Tree Camp ground was great too. There's plenty to do around there. Appalachain Trail goes through there too. Good Luck with retiring.