//Top Adventure Towns 2020

Top Adventure Towns 2020

Readers Pick This Year’s Best Outdoor Hubs

Although 2020 was not the year we thought it would be, it offered many of us the opportunity to slow down and fully explore the mountains, waterways, and parks in our Blue Ridge backyards.  

With that in mind, we asked our readers to select the region’s best adventure hubs in our 10th annual Top Adventure Towns contest, which featured 100 towns across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast competing for the title of best outdoor burg. Week by week, readers narrowed down the choices to pick their top tiny town (population less than 3,000), small-town (population 3,001-16,000), mid-sized town (population 16,001-75,000), and large town (population 75,001+). 

This year’s winners boast miles of nearby trails, summits, and serene waters, and hold communities passionately prioritizing access to the outdoors. 

Top Tiny Town: 
Floyd, Va.(pop. 428)

Tucked away in southwest Virginia, Floyd combines the authentic feel of a