Virginia Creeper Trail

We drove up to Damascus, Virginia one Saturday morning in late June, 2012, to ride the Virginia Creeper Trail with our good friends, Jay and Pam and their son Joel.  On the way, we drove through several areas of dense fog, but the fog cleared and gave way to a beautiful, sunny day with temperatures in the upper 70s.  Upon arrival in Damascus, we parked at The Bike Station, rented our bikes and boarded the van for the thirty minute ride to Whitetop Station near the North Carolina border.  The trail is owned by the US Forest Service and the municipalities of Abingdon and Damascus.  The portion we were riding is in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area of the Jefferson National Forest.


The elevation at the parking lot at Whitetop is 3560 feet above sea level, Green Cove is 3160, Taylors Valley is 2360, and Damascus is about 1880.  I'll need just a wee bit more practice before I attempt to ride up the trail from Damascus to Whitetop.

Northwest view approximately 1.5 miles down
 the trail near the tip of Tennessee

Pam and Joan

Jay zooms by

High Bridge over Co Rd 728
 and Whitetop Laurel Creek

Whitetop Laurel Creek

High Bridge from Co Rd 728

Whitetop Laurel Creek at Taylors Valley

Water carving

View from the through truss bridge

They fit the bike to you, not the other way around

The official trail website is http://www.vacreepertrail.com/.