The nearby town of Cheriton, VA has shopping, medical services, churches and a restaurant. Located nearby are excellent camping facilities, as well as historic Eyre Hall. Also nearby is Oyster, VA, a quaint fishing village with a modern boat ramp. Oyster is home to the Long Term Ecological Research Laboratory of the University of Virginia . Eyre Hall's beautiful and rare boxwood gardens are open to the public year-round.
Visitors can also see the family graveyard and the ruins of a conservatory.
This historic home is open during Garden Week, the last week in April.