Top Abingdon Venues

• Spaces for 100-300 Guests
• 1 Meeting Space

The Southwest Virginia 4-H Educational Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit set on a historic 75-acre former poor farm in Washington County, just outside Abingdon, Virginia. Established in 1958 and serving the region since 1960, the American Camp Association-accredited center is available for rental to businesses, families, and community groups for gatherings such as annual meetings, trainings, family reunions, and weddings, alongside team-building workshops, outdoor leadership programming, and strategic planning retreats. Onsite amenities include a basketball court, a covered pavilion, a swimming pool, outdoor seating areas, and several historic structures spread across the grounds. Overnight groups can choose among the Dickenson Conference Center, which offers private rooms with private bathrooms and a shared common area with a television and WiFi, a hostel-style Lodge with an open common room and bunk-style pods, or cinder block cabins with bunk rooms and a private room option. While food service isn't required of rental groups, the center's chef can accommodate a wide range of catering needs for events of any size. Just three miles from Abingdon's Historic District, the center sits close to the town's artsy, historic downtown and the outdoor recreation of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains, including well-known trout fishing.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

The Martha Washington Inn & Spa is a historic hotel in downtown Abingdon, Virginia, built in 1832 as the private residence of General Francis Preston and his family. The original brick residence still forms the central structure of the hotel, and the Preston family's living room is now its main lobby. From 1858 to 1932 the building operated as Martha Washington College, a women's college known locally as "The Martha," before reopening as a hotel in 1935. The property sits across from the Barter Theatre, the longest-running professional resident theatre in America. Today the Martha Washington Inn & Spa offers 63 guest rooms decorated with antiques and modern amenities, along with a spa and fitness center. Its ballroom provides a setting for weddings and special events, with indoor and outdoor options and all food and beverage catered in-house by the hotel's team. The hotel also hosts meetings and conferences, with flexible meeting space, high-speed internet, A/V and surround-sound capability, and on-site accommodations for multi-day corporate stays. Guests can also spend time at the property's pool, tennis and pickleball courts, and mini golf course, or bike the nearby Virginia Creeper Trail.