The Virginia Creeper Trail has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s a 34-mile shared-use trail connecting Abington, Va., with the state’s North Carolina border. Originally a Native American ...

He immediately became involved with the Virginia Creeper Trail Club, a group of volunteers who paint train stations and otherwise help maintain the trail, and is now its president. The trail, said ...

DAMASCUS, Virginia — It was an invitation even teenagers who had hoped to be watching college football or playing video games couldn’t resist: a mountain bike ride — all downhill. Visitors to the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded construction and engineering firm Kiewit Infrastructure a potential $240.6 million contract for the Virginia Creeper Bridge and Trail ...

ABINGDON — Jim Lapis sauntered across the first of five new trestles, savoring the tranquility of the Wolfe Run Gorge. These are deep, dark woods sliced by the historic passage of what was once a ...

It seemed like a marvelous idea, transforming the abandoned railroad bed into a bicycle trail, returning purpose to the once-vital pathway. But even the most wonderful ideas are not embraced by ...