Cascades Trail - a quintessential Virginia trail - Pembroke, VA

The Cascades Trail in Pembroke, VA - just between Blacksburg and Roanoke - offers a combination of the quintessential Virginia creekside hike and a short, easy trail.  At only four miles round-trip, with a deep, cold swimming hole at the trail's end, this is one of the best summer hikes to be had in the area.  You're sure to run in to numerous college students from Virginia Tech.

Look at the pictures below - stunning!