More about trails


Foliage on trail.Virginia State Park trail guides are meant to provide an overview of each park's trails. Click the park name to download the park's Trail Guide.You'll also find them on each park's page under "Park Trail Guide."

By the numbers

Virginia State Park Trails
Type of Trail Number Miles
Hiking 189 164
Biking/Mountain Biking 18 35
Equestrian 8 15
Hiking/Biking 131 142
Hiking/Equestrian 3 3
Hiking/Biking/Equestrian 73 256
Rail Trail 4 96
Connector 19 29
Interpretive 20 27
Accessible 16 12
Dedicated Biking Trails
Park Number Miles
Grayson Highlands 1 3
High Bridge Trail 1 2
Pocahontas 9 19
York River 7 11
Dedicated Equestrian Trails
Park Number Miles
Grayson Highlands 3 6
Sky Meadows 3 3
York River 2 6
Multiple Use Trails (hike-bike-equestrian)
Park Number Miles
Bear Creek Lake 1 16
Belle Isle 10 9
Chippokes 2 9
Fairy Stone 4 8
Grayson Highlands 1 1
High Bridge Trail 1 31
Holliday Lake 1 10.5
James River 11 14
Lake Anna 7 11
New River Trail 1 55
Occoneechee 4 16
Pocahontas 4 23
Powhatan 4 6
Shenandoah River 6 12
Sky Meadows 3 3
Staunton River 7 19
Wilderness Road 1 8
York River 4 3
Hiking-Biking Trails
Park Number Miles
Belle Isle 2 .5
Caledon 5 6
Chippokes 3 4
Clinch River 2 6
Douthat 25 39
Fairy Stone 1 2
False Cape 18 14
First Landing 5 7
Grayson Highlands 2 2
Green Pastures Recreation Area 3 3.5
Holliday Lake 1 .7
Hungry Mother 10 18
James River 4 3
Kiptopeke 8 5
Lake Anna 1 1
Leesylvania 1 .4
Machicomoco 1 3.1
Mason Neck 1 3
Natural Tunnel 4 4
Occoneechee 1 1
Pocahontas 16 13
Powhatan 5 .5
Shenandoah River 11 12
Twin Lakes 1 .4
Westmoreland 2 2
York River 1 1
Dedicated Hiking Trails
Park Number Miles
Bear Creek Lake 11 21
Caledon 11 9
Chippokes 1 .3
Claytor Lake 9 5
Clinch River 4 2
Douthat 4 3
Fairy Stone 7 5
False Cape 4 3
First Landing 9 12
Grayson Highlands 10 15
Holliday Lake 5 7
James River 3 .5
Kiptopeke 3 .6
Lake Anna 4 3
Leesylvania 4 6
Machicomoco 2 3
Mason Neck 6 5
Occoneechee 3 2
Pocahontas 11 5
Powhatan 1 .5
Sailor's Creek Battlefield 8 3
Sky Meadows 10 13
Smith Mountain Lake 17 16
Staunton River 3 .8
Staunton River Battlefield 1 2
Southwest Virginia Museum 1 .1
Twin Lakes 7 6
Westmoreland 7 6
Wilderness Road 1 1
York River 3 3

To accommodate touring bicyclists, we have a policy to make a camping area available at any state park that has camping facilities when sites are sold out. Reservations are recommended and guarantee a real, full-featured site, bicyclists will not be turned away when campgrounds are full.
Official policy.

Parks with handicapped accessible trails include Bear Creek Lake, Belle Isle, Chippokes, Claytor Lake, First Landing, James River, Lake Anna, Leesylvania, Southwest Virginia Museum, Natural Tunnel, New River Trail, Pocahontas, and Westmoreland.

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