The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Coastal Southeast

Stop 2 · Days 149–150

Charlottesville

Charlottesville, VA

Thomas Jefferson's home ground — his mountaintop Monticello and the 'academical village' he designed for the University of Virginia.

Where to stay

  • A Charlottesville inn near the Downtown Mall

    Walkable to restaurants and the pedestrian mall.

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You gotta eat this

  • A Virginia wine-country lunch

    The vineyards around Charlottesville are among the East's best.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 149Day 149 — Jefferson's CharlottesvilleFull day · 5h planned
  2. 150Day 150 — East to RichmondDrive day · 1h 10m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Landmarks & Monuments
  • Museums & History