Emergency vet access in Virginia

Of 340 listed veterinary practices in Virginia,17 post verified around-the-clock hours across 14 cities, and 10 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 4 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 19 practices treat farm animals or horses.

Updated 2026-09-09. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.

Every verified 24/7 hospital in Virginia

Hospital	City	Phone	Exotics
Veterinary Emergency Group	Alexandria	(571) 899-4360
Columbia Pike Animal Hospital	Annandale	(703) 256-8414
Virginia Veterinary Specialists	Charlottesville	(434) 202-2987
Town & Country Veterinary Hospital	Christiansburg	(540) 382-5042	✓ verified
VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Center	Fairfax	(703) 752-9100
Veterinary Emergency Group	Falls Church	(571) 730-6880
Virginia Veterinary Centers - Short Pump	Henrico	(804) 353-9000
Southwest Virginia Veterinary Services	Lebanon	(276) 265-8183
Animal Emergency & Critical Care	Lynchburg	(434) 846-1504
Blue Ridge Veterinary Associates	Purcellville	(540) 338-7387
Partner Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center	Richmond	(804) 206-9122
Virginia Veterinary Centers	Richmond	(804) 353-9000
Veterinary Referral & Critical Care (VRCC)	Short Pump	(804) 784-8722
Veterinary Emergency Services	Verona	(540) 248-1051	✓ verified
Bay Beach Veterinary Emergency Hospital	Virginia Beach	(757) 427-3214
Veterinary Emergency & Specialty of Tidewater	Virginia Beach	(757) 841-8378
BluePearl Pet Hospital	Virginia Beach	Contact via website	✓ verified

Towns farthest from overnight care

Among Virginia towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:

Fredericksburg — nearest 24/7 hospital is Columbia Pike Animal Hospital in Annandale, 42 mi straight-line (roughly a 56 min drive)
York County — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency & Specialty of Tidewater in Virginia Beach, 41 mi straight-line (roughly a 55 min drive)
Winchester — nearest 24/7 hospital is Blue Ridge Veterinary Associates in Purcellville, 26 mi straight-line (roughly a 35 min drive)
Suffolk — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency & Specialty of Tidewater in Virginia Beach, 23 mi straight-line (roughly a 31 min drive)
Manassas — nearest 24/7 hospital is VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Center in Fairfax, 16 mi straight-line (roughly a 21 min drive)
Ashburn — nearest 24/7 hospital is Blue Ridge Veterinary Associates in Purcellville, 14 mi straight-line (roughly a 26 min drive)
Woodbridge — nearest 24/7 hospital is Columbia Pike Animal Hospital in Annandale, 12 mi straight-line (roughly a 22 min drive)
Mechanicsville — nearest 24/7 hospital is Virginia Veterinary Centers in Richmond, 9 mi straight-line (roughly a 16 min drive)

Methodology & honest limits

"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.

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