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Can't Miss
Opportunities:
Outdoors

Chapter Four

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OUTDOOR LOVERS

Explore one of the many bike trails
found across Virginia.
` The

Virginia Capital Trail is a

52-mile, paved bicycle trail that

Take one drive through the state and it is plain to see:
Virginia is one of the most beautiful places in the world. To
truly experience this natural beauty, you have to get out of
the car and explore. If you're chasing new adventures in
the great outdoors, Virginia is the perfect place to get your
heart racing. With such variety and beauty abounding, it's
hard not to create a new historic outdoor moment on each
trip. This is why Virginia is for Outdoor Lovers.

connects Jamestown and Richmond
along the scenic Route 5 corridor.
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Stretching 34 miles from

Abingdon through the town of
Damascus and ending in Whitetop,
the Virginia Creeper Trail is an
approachable and beautiful
mountain biking trail, and is open
year-round to hiking, biking and
horseback riding.
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High Bridge Trail State Park

near Farmville is home to the

Follow nature's lead along 544 miles of the Appalachian
Trail in Virginia or become one with the current on a James
River kayak trip. You can take in a breathtaking panorama
at the summit of a trail in Shenandoah National Park, learn
how to surf in Virginia Beach, reel in a fish on a kayak in
the Chesapeake Bay or cruise down the Virginia Creeper
Trail on your bike. If you're a real go-getter you can make
these personal firsts in the same trip.

majestic High Bridge, the longest
recreational bridge in Virginia.
The trail is 31 miles long and
ideally suited for hiking, biking and
horseback riding.
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The Tobacco Heritage Trail,

primarily utilizing abandoned
railroad corridors, is a multi-use
recreation trail perfect for outdoor
lovers. The mostly flat trail runs
through the beautiful countryside
in Southern Virginia.

Find your adventurous side at Virginia.org/
Outdoors.

` Experience

Virginia's waterways

by kayak, canoe or raft. For the
adventurous, tackle world-class
whitewater on the Russell Fork River
at Breaks Interstate Park or for a
lighter water adventure, check out

` Falling

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Spring, Covington | Photographer: Sarah Hauser

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one of the many lakes, from Buggs
Island to Smith Mountain and Lake
Anna.

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