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Chattanooga, TN will host the next National Trails Symposium November 15-18, 2010, sponsored by American Trails.
For information on Virginia's state parks: www.dcr.virginia.gov/parks/ The Great Outdoors Resources Page (GORP) has information on Virginia's National Forests: www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Forest/soeast.HTM The Great Outdoors Resources Page (GORP) has information on Shenandoah National Park: www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Park/va_shena.HTM For information on National Park Service units in Virginia: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?st=va Mountain bike trails with detailed maps and descriptions from Virginia mountain biking books at Trails.com: Bike rides on Virginia roads and paved pathways from road biking books at Trails.com: Blue Ridge Bicycle Club promotes bicycling in southwest Virginia: www.blueridgebicycleclub.com/ Bike Trails and B & Bs in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia: www.BBBiking.com Damascus, VA, Mountain Bike Pages has many trail descriptions: www.bikeguy.net/ East Coast Greenway is a project to link seabord states with trails and on-road routes; information is available for all traversed states: ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, Washington DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL: www.greenway.org/ Eastern Virginia Mountain Bike Association: www.evma.org/ Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts organizes trail work, advocacy, and events in the Maryland-DC-Virginia area: www.more-mtb.org/ Mountain bike trails at Explore Park near Roanoke: www.exploresingletrack.com Horseback Trail Riding in the George Washington National Forest and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia: www.empnet.com/trailriding/ The Nokesville Horse Society, in the Virginia counties of Prince William, Fauquier, Loudoun, Fairfax, Warren & Culpeper, is an advocate and supporter of Equestrian and Multi-use trail systems: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NokesvilleHorseSociety Syria, Graves Mountain, Big Meadows, Rapidan horse trail network: www.rideourtrails.com/Syria/Home.html Greenways and Community Trails Fairfax County Cross County Trail, a 41-mile urban trail/rail-trail, serves as the county's primary multi-use north/south trail: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/cct/ The goal of the Rivanna Trails Foundation is to establish a network of pathways encircling the City of Charlottesville, generally following the course of the Rivanna River and its tributaries: www.rivannatrails.org Great FallsTrail Blazers work to develop multi-purpose trails throughout the Great Falls community: www.geocities.com/greatfallstrails/ The Potomac River Greenways Coalition, Fairfax Trails and Streams, Pimmit Run, Difficult Run and the Fairfax Cross-County trail are at: www.fairfaxtrails.org Rivanna Trails Foundation works to create and protect natural footpaths, which follow the Rivanna River and its tributaries (VA): http://avenue.org/rivanna/ Information on Roanoke Valley Greenways, Virginia: www.greenways.org Numerous hiking and biking trails in the Roanoke area are listed at: www.roanoke.com/outdoors
Hiking trail maps, hike descriptions, and Virginia topographic maps at Trails.com: The Capital Hiking Club offers trips as well as trail information at: www.capitalhikingclub.org/ MidAtlanticHikes.com has maps and trail descriptions for hikes in MD, PA, VA and WV The Wanderbirds Hiking Club, founded in 1934, is a non-profit, all volunteer club that organizes day hikes every Sunday, year round, for energetic folks in the Washington, DC area. You do not have to be a member of the Club to hike with us. www.wanderbirds.org Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club maintains 88 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Nelson, Amherst, Rockbridge, Botetourt, and Bedford counties, and maintains lots of good information: www.nbatc.org Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers maintains a section of the Appalachian Trail in southwest Virginia: www.editorialservice.com/path/ Potomac Appalachian Trail Club is dedicated to the upkeep and improvement of 970 miles of trails, 30 shelters, and 23 cabins in VA, MD, WV, PA, and DC: www.potomacappalachian.org/ Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club supports the Appalachian Trail and has information on hiking, trail maintenance, and club events: www.tidewateratc.org Along the Blue Ridge Parkway's 469 miles are over a hundred hiking trails; all are keyed to parkway mile markers with difficulty rating, length, and photos: www.brptrails.com/ American Volkssport Association year-round walking and Volkssport Event Calendar
Hiking trails along the Appalachian Trail (AT) in Virginia at Trails.com: One-fourth of the Appalachian Trail (550 miles) lies in Virginia The Great Eastern Trail plans to link existing trails alongthe Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to the Finger Lakes Trail in New York: www.greateasterntrail.net/
The ATV Connection describes several places to ride ATVs: www.atving.com/tmpl/ridearea/maride.cfm The Eastern Virginia Mountainbike Association has information on trails and a wide variety of bicycle-related topics: www.beachway.com/evma/ OHV recreation the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: www.fs.fed.us/r8/gwj/recreation/ohv/index.shtml
Virginia rail-trails including maps, access points, and history from rails-to-trails books at Trails.com: For a locator map and detailed descriptions of rail trails in the Washington, D.C., area and a few others in PA, VA, MD, and WVa: http://bikewashington.org/trails/dc-index.htm Friends of the Huckleberry is dedicated to developing the Huckleberry Trail in Montgomery County: www.huckleberrytrail.org/ Friends of the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail support a controversial railtrail in King George County: www.friendsdrht.org/ Friends of the Washington and Old Dominion Trail is a non-profit citizens organization dedicated to the preservation, enhancement and promotion of the trail: www.wodfriends.org/ The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail runs 184 miles from Washington, D.C. along the Potomac River to Cumberland, Maryland.: www.fred.net/kathy/canal.html The Virginia Creeper Trail runs 34.3 miles from Abingdon, Virginia, to the Virginia-North Carolina border: www.vacreepertrail.com/ The Washington and Old Dominion 65-mile rail trail in suburban DC: www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9401/
Virginia whitewater kayaking and rafting, with maps and launch points at Trails.com: Potomac River Water Trail Map highlights access points along the southern reaches of the river from Washington D.C. to the Chesapeake Bay in both Maryland and Virginia: here | ![]() |
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