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Wood's Hole Hostel & Mountain Retreat
Located 1/2 mile off the Appalachian Trail in Southwest Virginia
Open Year Round

27 Years, 1986-2012
Built in 1880 by Stoney Holiday.
Established 1986 by Tillie and Roy Wood.

Find yourself in the midst of the magical forest. Retreat, rejuvenate, and relax with massage therapy, yoga, hiking, & community experience at Woods Hole Hostel & Mountain Retreat. Woods Hole encompasses 100 acres. It is surrounded on three sides by the Jefferson National Forest and protected by 780 acres of privately owned farm land in the forefront. It is located 1/2 mile off the Appalachian Trail in Giles County, Southwest Virginia. Come experience this unique slice of heaven for yourself and see why hikers call it one of their favorite hostels on the trail.

Accommodations:

Two Private rooms with vaulted ceiling and hardwood floor.

Rustic Bunkhouse

Massage Therapy, Yoga, Meditation, Hiking, & Retreat

Shuttles, Mail drops, Laundry, and Internet

Communal Experience with Meals -A local & mostly organic experience Please note that we often invite guests to share in a meal. We request your help in the preparations and clean up of our meals in order to provide this experience.

Neville & Michael place an emphasis on sustainable living and permaculture incorporating organic gardening, bee keeping, yoga, meditation and massage therapy. Neville's grandparents, Tillie & Roy Wood opened the bunkhouse to hikers in 1986. Accommodations have expanded by opening the chestnut log cabin with two private rooms to guests looking for a retreat along the Appalachian Trail and surrounding wilderness.

Wood's Hole Hostel & Mountain Retreat's natural resources and beauty have been perpetually protected through a conservation easement with the New River Land Trust and Virginia Outdoors Foundation ,thus preserving the forest and land from logging and over development.

Early morning sunrise from our front porch.

Woods Hole Hostel
3696 Sugar Run Road
Pearisburg, VA 24134
(540) 921 3444
woodsholehostel@gmail.com