Rooster7 11 Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Somewhere in this forum, a very long downhill bike ride in Virginia was mentioned. My troop is very much interested in this outing. If you are familiar with such a road in Virginia (its supposed to be very popular), please provide me with its location and any details you know about it. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
sst3rd 129 Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 I thought the one I was thinking of was in northern Virginia, but it's not. I'm refering to the Virginia Creeper Trail, but it's in southwestern Virginia. I'm sure you'll get the right trail, but hey, look this one up and check the maps out for its grade. sst3rd Link to post Share on other sites
JFields2002 10 Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 Creeper is a very nice trail, as my troop as done one portion both ways on 2 occasions. Word of warning is you WILL get dirty riding it as it is alot of packed soot (old train track route). P.S. It is almost flat. Has several wooden bridges and you cross at least one golf cart path Picture of one bridge: http://www.angelfire.com/dc/troop155scouting/bridge.jpg(This message has been edited by JFields2002) Link to post Share on other sites
Rooster7 11 Posted December 26, 2002 Author Share Posted December 26, 2002 I'm pretty confident that the trail I was looking for, is the Virginia Creeper. However, I still have a problem. It turns out that this trail is 8.5 hours away from my town. Although I am interested in doing this trip one day, I know my troop will not want to take a 8.5 hour drive (one way), just to do a 2 to 3 hour bike ride. Sooooooooooo... Does anyone know of a bike trail that is primarily downhill and flat for 15 miles or more, near D.C. (less than 4 hours away)? Thanks in advance for the help. Link to post Share on other sites
le Voyageur 72 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Maybe this could be a possible for a 3 day weekend.... Salisbury, Maryland to Lewes, Delaware to Cape May, New Jersey via the ferry... or... Salisbury, Maryland to Williamsbug, Va. via Tangier Island.... or... do an internet search using "Rails to Trails, Virgina", or Rails to Trails, Maryland" lots to pick and choose from at these sites....... Link to post Share on other sites
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