Prospect, Virginia

37°18′11″N 78°33′33″W / 37.30306°N 78.55917°W / 37.30306; -78.55917CountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountyPrince EdwardTime zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)

Prospect is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States.^[1] This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth Century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway.^[2] The rail line from Burkville to Pamplin City, the stop after Prospect, was converted by Virginia Department of Parks and Recreation into High Bridge Trail State Park.