Extra-Curricular Activities
Extra-curricular activities are designed to provide opportunities for students to experience the American culture more fully and intentionally.
The Blacksburg Farmers Market is a local, family-friendly gathering place in downtown Blacksburg featuring farmers of locally grown produce and meats, alongside artisans of baked goods and handmade crafts.
Claytor Lake State Park in Dublin is one of the best fishing and boating state parks Virginia has to offer. The lake was formed after Appalachian Power Company built a hydroelectric dam on the New River. The park opened around the lake in 1949, and the park was officially moved under state park management in 1951. Claytor lake boasts and excellent, clean beach with a bathhouse and concession stand.
Challenge yourself and work with your team to complete the Venture out challenge course! This state-of-the-art high ropes challenge offers unique problem solving obstacles, where participants will learn valuable information about themselves, working with one another, and functioning as a team.
Virginia Tech has 18 main sports facilities on campus. The most famous is Lane Stadium home to Virginia Tech Hokies Football.
Completed in 1965, Lane Stadium/Worsham Field has gone through numerous changes, renovations and additions. But through it all, it has always been regarded as one of the finest places to watch – and toughest places for opponents to play – a college football game.
This highly scenic, 4-mile round-trip trail meanders along a shaded mountain creek to a 66-foot waterfall within Jefferson National Forest. Cascades Falls is low to moderate difficulty and native trout fishing is available in the Little Stony Creek.
There is a picnicking area, water hydrant for filling water bottles, and accessible restrooms at the beginning of the trail.
Watch the Hokies in action and experience the electrifying energy of a Virginia Tech football game! Join 65,000 fans in lane stadium to watch one of the first football games of the season. Lane Stadium is considered to be one of the loudest stadiums in the country, being voted number two in ESPN's 2007 "Top 20 Scariest Places to Play".
