Virginia 100 Mile Yard Sale 2026: Complete July 4 Route Guide

If you've ever driven US-360 east of Richmond in early July, you already know what's about to happen on Saturday the 4th. Card tables in front yards from Moseley all the way down to Chase City. Signs in marker on the door of every gas station. A line of trucks pulled half-onto the shoulder at every cluster. This is Southside Virginia's largest yard sale, and the 2026 edition runs all day Saturday, July 4 — Independence Day weekend.

It's a single-day event, but a hundred miles of corridor packs in more than you'd think. Here's how to plan it.

The route, east to west

The official organizer lists locations east-to-west, which is also how most experienced shoppers run it. You start in the morning closer to Richmond and work your way out toward the North Carolina line, ending in Chase City or Drakes Branch as the day cools off.

The 16 corridor towns in order:

Moseley → Amelia Court House (Chula) → Jetersville → Blackstone → Nottoway Court House → Crewe → Burkeville, then the corridor splits, and you choose US-460 north through Rice and Farmville or US-360 south through Green Bay. Both branches are official. After the split, the southern route picks up Meherrin → Keysville → Charlotte Court House → Drakes Branch → Wylliesburg → Chase City.

Most shoppers can't do all 16 in one Saturday. The two natural game plans:

• The eastern loop: Moseley through Crewe and Burkeville, with the Farmville branch on US-460 as your turnaround. About 50 miles of corridor — manageable in 6–7 hours including stops.
• The western half: Start at Burkeville mid-morning, take US-360 south through Green Bay, work down through Keysville and Drakes Branch to Chase City. The Drakes Branch cluster (more on that below) is the densest single-town stretch on the entire route.

The Burkeville Y-fork — the most important decision of your morning

This is what makes the Virginia 100 Mile different from most highway yard sales. At Burkeville, the corridor genuinely splits. US-460 heads northwest toward Farmville — that's the larger town side, with the Big Red Flea Market and a couple of established storefronts that participate every year. US-360 stays south through Green Bay — smaller town, but it's the gateway to the Drakes Branch cluster and the Keysville stops.

You can do both forks. They form a triangle that converges around Keysville if you really push it. But the shoppers who try to do both branches and the full eastern run end up at 4 p.m. with two pickups in the truck and three towns they didn't get to. Pick a fork and commit.

The 17 verified anchor stops

The official organizer publishes a list of verified vendor locations on the route page that gets updated as June rolls into July. Here's the current set, grouped by town and sorted east-to-west, so you can see at a glance where the density is.

Moseley + Chula (eastern start)

Amelia Court House

Nottoway + Crewe (middle stretch)

US-460 northern branch (Farmville + Green Bay)

Keysville + Drakes Branch (the dense cluster)

Five of those stops are within a quarter-mile of each other on Drakes Main Street. That single stretch is the densest part of the entire 100-mile corridor — park once and walk if you can.

When to start and what to expect

Most of the anchor venues open at 7 a.m. Saturday, with the larger flea markets running until early afternoon and the front-yard sellers usually packing up by mid-day. If you're driving in from Richmond, you want to be at The Pickled Past or Chula Junction by 7:15 at the latest — the early-bird advantage is real on this corridor.

Coming from the south or west, start at Chase City and work backward. Keysville and Drakes Branch open early too; the Farmville stops on US-460 are usually slower to start (closer to 8 a.m.) but run longer into the afternoon.

Cash is still king in Southside. Most sellers will take a card if pressed but expect to pay a small premium, and a lot of the front-yard sellers won't have a way to take one at all. Plan accordingly.

What you'll find

Southside Virginia is one of the most underrated regions in the country for vintage Pyrex, Anchor Hocking glassware, and CorningWare. The houses out here have been in the same families for generations — when something hits a yard sale, it's almost always coming out of a real attic or basement, not a reseller's flip. That's the difference between Southside and a Northern Virginia city-wide.

Tools also hit consistently. Tobacco country was working country, and the workshops in these towns produced collectors of vintage Stanley, Disston, and Craftsman that have aged remarkably well. If you're a tool buyer, the Drakes Branch and Keysville cluster is where you want to spend your mid-morning.

Pro tips

• Download offline maps. US-360 and US-460 are well-marked, but cell coverage between Crewe and Drakes Branch is patchy. If you're following turn-by-turn directions, cache them before you leave Burkeville.
• Bring a notepad in addition to your phone. You'll see signs for sales that aren't on any official list — write down the cross-street and town, double back later. The 100 Mile draws hundreds of unofficial participants.
• Plan for an Independence Day return drive. Most fireworks events along the corridor start around 8 p.m. If you're heading back to Richmond or Lynchburg, leave by 6 to avoid the traffic.
• Old Nottoway Antiques opens Friday too. If you're in town the night before, the Friday preview is a real perk — fewer crowds, same inventory.

FAQ

Is the Virginia 100 Mile Yard Sale really 100 miles?

The branded number is 100 miles. The actual end-to-end corridor distance from Moseley to Chase City is closer to 110–125 miles if you include the Burkeville Y-fork. The "100 mile" name has stuck since the event started — it's directional, not exact.

Do I need to register or buy a ticket?

No. The sale is free for shoppers. Vendors register with the organizer to be on the official map, but anyone can drive the route and stop wherever they want.

When does next year's event run?

The first Saturday of July, every year. 2027 will be Saturday, July 3. The organizer publishes confirmed dates in the spring on va100mileyardsale.wordpress.com.

Is there a Friday preview?

Officially no — the sale is one day. But Old Nottoway Antiques (6254 Old Nottoway Rd) traditionally opens Friday as well, and a handful of the Drakes Branch venues do soft openings if you call ahead.

What's the closest big city?

Richmond is the closest, about 45 minutes from the Moseley end of the corridor. Lynchburg is roughly an hour from Farmville. Most of the corridor itself is small towns under 2,000 population.

We'll see you on the road.