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Burke's Garden is an upland valley and unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia. It is surrounded by the Garden Mountain Cluster, wild areas in the national forest recognized by the Wilderness Society as "Mountain Treasures", areas that are worthy of protection from logging and road construction.
Known as “Vanderbilt’s First Choice” and “God’s Thumbprint,” beautiful Burke’s Garden is Virginia’s highest valley, and its largest rural historic district.
- Rt. 623, Tazewell, 24651, VA
- (276) 322-1345
May 6, 2010 · Burke’s Garden, in southwestern Virginia, pop. 300, lies in a beautiful, isolated, high-altitude valley with no post office, cell phone service or cable, and a harsh climate. As one resident says, “Something unpredictable could happen at any time.”
Jul 16, 2015 · Burke’s Garden is a bowl-shaped valley scooped out of the rugged Appalachian Mountains in Southwest VA. It’s 3200 feet above sea level. There are two small natural gaps that drain the five mile-by-ten mile, 33,000-acre “Garden of Eden”. The valley was first discovered in the 1740s by James Burke.
Virginia City battled several fires throughout its history, but the ‘Great Fire of 1875’ was the largest. On the morning of October 26, 1875 at 5:15am, a single lamp caused the biggest fire in the town’s history.
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