High Bridge Trail
The High Bridge Trail is 31 miles long and ideally suited for hiking bicycling and horseback riding.
High bridge trail. Please remain at least 6 feet apart and use face coverings when social distancing can not be maintained. The High Bridge for which the bike trail took its name was the site of a battle leading to Lees defeat. April 10 at 801 PM.
Birthday celebration with a special couple. Written March 15 2020. The surface is hard packed gravel and the grade is flat to 2-percent.
Once a rail bed the trail is wide level and generally flat. Once a rail bed the trail is wide level and generally flat. Just building up the height of the Bed above the valley floor was something of an accomplishment.
April 2021 Program Schedule for High Bridge Trail State Park. Besides the 32 miles of easy riding High Bridge Trail also offers well mapped out mountain biking trails going through 250 acres of woods the park owns as well as trails near the Camp Paradise parking lot in Rice VA. The High Bridge Trail State Park is a typical rail trail.
Three and a half miles of the trail travel through the heart of Farmville and it is open for non-motorized activities. With a length of more than thirty miles the trail is shared by bicyclists pedestrians and equestrians and includes a restored crossing at the Appomattox. The High Bridge Trail HBT which follows the former rail.
Beautiful views of the High Bridge and the trail itself with an engineering feat for the railroad. Social distancing efforts are still in place. From the Rice parking lot it was a 15 mile walk across the bridge and back a perfect distance to stretch our legs get some fresh air and take in the surrounding views.