Rail-Trail
State: VA Length: 7 miles Surface: Dirt
The Devils Fork Loop Trail provides an impressively beautiful route through an old-growth hemlock and rhododendron forest. The trail is extremely challenging, with as many as 18 stream crossings (at the height of the winter thaw), a 1,200-foot ...
State: TN Length: 4 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Erwin Linear Trail (a.k.a. the Erwin Greenway) parallels I-26 along North Indian Creek and Nolichucky waterways for 4 miles. The trail is paved and mostly flat, coursing through the Cherokee National Forest northwest of Banner Hill. It ...
State: VA Length: 5.8 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Guest River Gorge Trail meanders along ancient sandstone cliffs that plunges 400 feet to the pristine waters below. The deep gorge was created as the Guest River, now designated as a state scenic river, tunneled through Stone Mountain on ...
State: TN Length: 8 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Kingsport Greenbelt runs 8 miles along the Holston River and Reedy Creek through the city of Kingsport. It is touted as both a historic and fitness trail, passing by Civil War sites, historic homes, landmarks, and bridges and other sites ...
State: VA Length: 2.8 miles Surface: Dirt
If you're looking for an easy trip, the Little Stony National Recreation Trail in Jefferson National Forest is the perfect alternative to the nearby Devils Fork Loop. Devils Fork Loop is gorgeous, but it includes a strenuous and often wet climb. ...
State: VA Length: 1 miles Surface: Dirt
The short, relatively easy Phillips Creek Loop (also known as the Pine Mountain Trail) begins in a pleasant recreation area that is open May 15 to September 15 and provides paid parking, swimming, restrooms and secluded picnic areas. The trail ...
State: NC Length: 10 miles Surface: Asphalt
Located in western North Carolina, the Railroad Grade Road is a paved local access road that is built on a section of the former Virginia-Carolina Railroad (a.k.a. Virginia Creeper). Note, this is a scenic local road along the south fork of ...
State: VA Length: 8.5 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Virginia's Salt Trail runs for more than 8 miles between the small community of Saltville and the larger borough of Glad Spring. The trail is popular with equestrians and can get muddy and eroded in places during different times of year. Much ...
State: TN Length: 10 miles Surface:
From Tweetsie Trail Association website: It combines all of these aspects and provides an alternative transportation route to walking to school, bike commuting to work or shopping for groceries, getting out for a little fresh air in a safe ...
State: VA Length: 34 miles Surface: Gravel
NOTE: As of April 23, 2013, the three-mile section from Whitetop Station to Green Cove Station on the eastern end of the Virginia Creeper Trail is temporarily closed for repairs. The work is expected to take a few weeks. In the meantime, visitors ...
State: TN Length: 0.8 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Wes Davis Greenway follows a portion of abandoned rail line that once ran from Bluff City, TN, to Mendota, VA. The greenway crosses Beaver Creek at two points. This linear park features the partially restored Pullman "Bristol" car, which ...