#Mountain magic trail run for free#

Take Chesapeake Avenue (off Meade) to Riverview Park. Riverview Park - This RTF section of “magic pavement” is the flattest and quietest two mile section of blacktop around! Thanks to the kind donation of marathoner Nick Wispelwey, Ragged Mountain has placed brown stained pressure treated posts every quarter mile along the 'lower' river path for your training convenience. Follow East Green Springs Road for about 2 miles and park at the Chapel on the left. Look for East Green Springs Road on your right. Historic Green Springs - A jewel of a 14,000 acre secret with close to twenty miles of quiet, soft surface roads and only minutes from Charlottesville! Take 64 East to the Route 15 exit, turn left on 15 North and follow for ~2 miles. Turn around and head back towards the dam and take a right on Sugar Ridge Road and within a mile you’re soaking in the breathtaking scenery of Whitehall Vineyards. Head back down the paved road away from the dam and you can log 5 miles of scenic running, following the river east, before you arrive in the village of White Hall. This path leads you across the stream several times, and eventually makes its way to the top of the mountain and Blue Ridge Parkway. For a different trail run, proceed up the gravel road heading Northwest out of the parking area to the narrow single track path. It’s almost exactly 4 miles from the parking lot to the Appalachian Trail, and another 200 meters past that to the Blue Ridge Parkway. From the parking area above the dam, one can cross the stream and head southwest up the side of the mountain along a wide and soft fire trail (the famous “Blue Hole” swim area is located along this trail) for several miles. Sugar Hollow Dam - Located at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the far western part of Albemarle County, this beautiful area has numerous options for scenic and peaceful running. Many thanks to all of our community neighbor property owners along the path.

#Mountain magic trail run for free#

A detailed hard copy pamphlet map of the entire RTF path system is also available for free at Ragged Mountain.

The fine folks at the RTF have been volunteering their time throughout the year since 1992 to create and maintain this wonderful network of trails. The Rivanna Trails (RTF) - Charlottesville is home to one of the nation’s best urban trails systems, an almost completely uninterrupted 20 mile loop of soft surface paths that circle the city. Park at Christ Church on the right (except on Sundays). Take Route 20 South to Keene and turn left on Coles Rolling Road and then make a right on Glendowner. Keene - A seven mile loop of gravel road in the southern part of the County. All of the high school tracks (not included below) are the traditional 4 laps to the mile and have a rubberized surface.

We have measured each of these neighborhood venues and have assembled a list of them for your running enjoyment and convenience. Our Community Tracks - Our area has over a dozen community school tracks of varying distances open to the public (non-school hours). There are dozens of quiet and scenic places to run in our beautiful neck of the woods and here’s just a sampling of our customer’s favorites…