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Big Survey Wildlife Management Area is a 7,500-acre (30 km 2) Wildlife Management Area in Wythe County, Virginia. The preserve's woodland sits on four mountain ridges and divides the watersheds of Reed and Cripple creeks in the New River Valley. Among the trees and shrubs to be found there are rhododendron, azalea, oak, hickory, and pine. [2]
The community was named for Colonel John Chiswell who helped establish the lead mines (1757) prior to the Austin's purchase. Wythe County's location, at the confluence of I-81 and I-77 which is, incidentally, a wrong-way concurrency , has led to its growth for industry and tourism.
As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 1,350 people, 570 households, and 399 families living in the town. The population density was 600.6 people per square mile (231.7/km 2).
Wytheville is an important point on both I-77 and I-81 and lies amidst a wrong-way concurrency of I-77 and I-81. It is located about halfway between Bristol , Tennessee / Virginia and Roanoke . On the I-77 corridor, it is located about halfway between Charleston , West Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina .
Big Walker Lookout Tower is a stop on Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail's Big Walker Loop. [3]Birds sighted at the Big Walker Lookout include: wild turkey; black vultures; bald eagles and golden eagles; American kestrels; peregrine falcons; and sharp-shinned, Cooper's hawks, broad-winged, and red-tailed hawks.
East end of US 19 concurrency; serves Princeton Community Hospital 15.0: 24.1: WV 104 west to WV 20 – Pipestem Resort State Park I-77 – Wytheville VA, Beckley: I-77 exit 9 21.5: 34.6: WV 112 west (Ingleside Road) – Oakvale, Kellysville: West Virginia–Virginia line: 26.8
Northwest of Wytheville at the junction of U.S. Routes 21/52 with Interstate 81 36°57′42″N 81°06′03″W / 36.961667°N 81.100833°W / 36.961667; -81.100833 ( St. John's Lutheran Church and
Interstate 77 (I-77) in the US state of Virginia is a 67-mile (108 km) north–south Interstate Highway serving Hillsville, Wytheville, and Bland.Running parallel to US Route 52 (US 52), I-77 passes through the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel and East River Mountain Tunnel, the latter on the West Virginia state line and one of only two land vehicular tunnels to cross a state line.