Potts Mountain Road veers off Virginia 311 atop Potts Mountain in Craig County. A 3.5-mile drive out this gravel road takes you to Hanging Rock Valley Trailhead. This is a different Hanging Rock, and a short hike from the marked trailhead offers views into the Shawvers Run Wilderness area and all the way to McAfee Knob in Roanoke County. Many of the brooks, browns and rainbows stocked in trout streams from Craig County to Henry County come from this facility.
Visitors are welcome to gawk into raceways that are black with fish.
The Paint Bank General Store, at the junction of Virginia 311 and 600, offers the feel of a country store, because that is what it is. You even can buy buffalo meat. The buffalo roam along Virginia 600, behind the fences of Hollow Hill Farm. There are places you can pull over for close- up viewing of these big creatures and other exotics. The annual Buffalo Festival is planned for Saturday.