Other Attractions in Virginia Near the Natural Bridge Area

As a family with three young boys we are always looking for affordable places to take the kids. Our last trip was to Cave Mountain Lake. Cave Mountain Lake is not to far from Natural Bridge in Virginia. Natural Bridge is a beautiful place to visit, but we had already been there with family before. Natural Bridge offers many attractions including a beautiful hike along Cedar Creek that leads to the Bridge itself, the Natural Bridge Caverns, Wax Museum and Factory Tour and Toy Museum.

A few weeks ago we decided that we wanted to see what else the Natural Bridge area had to offer. We decided on Cave Mountain Lake, it's a nice little lake, not very big and not too far away. He also mentioned that there was an attraction there that we could stop by on the way to the lake, it is called Foamhenge. Foamhenge is a replica of Stonehenge except that it is made of well, Foam. I said great, sound fun, let's go.

There was no admission to pay, we just pulled off into a field and there it was at the top of the hill. It's a silly kind of place, but kind of neat too. Foamhenge was created by Mark Cline. I have never been to Stonehenge, but Foamhenge is supposed to be exactly the same size. As of this summer Foamhenge has a new attraction, a giant fiberglass statue of Merlin the Magician who is standing on a giant hovering stone. Merlin's arms outstretched appear to be creating Foamhenge. While we were standing in the middle of a giant foam sculpture the kids got a great history lesson on the original Stonehenge and how it was built. They then proceeded to have a great time running circles around the giant chunks of foam. It is not the kind of place to spend too much time, so we moved on.