The Virginia Creeper Trail is back open for business. The trail officially reopened at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12. It was closed since April 6, as a safety precaution from COVID-19. Local businesses ...

FEMA approves one million dollar grant to repair sections of state routes in Wise County FEMA has announced a public assistance grant of one million dollars to help repair state routes in Wise County ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – A Tri-Cities staple and renowned biking trail has been nominated as one of the best recreational trails on the continent by USA Today. The Virginia Creeper Trail is one ...

ABINGDON, Va (WJHL) — The Virginia Creeper Trail was constructed in the late 1800s. “It was designed to remove timber from this part of the world,” said Wayne Miller, President of the Creeper Trail ...

DAMASCUS, Virginia (AP) – 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 ...

For more than 10 months now, 17 miles of the Virginia Creeper Trail have been unusable but the other 17-mile trek that begins at “the start” in Abingdon and ends at “the heart” in Damascus, has been a ...

Some of the prettiest scenery in southern Virginia is along the 34 mile-long Virginia Creeper Trail. And the upper part, running through rugged National Forest and across deep ravines, is all downhill ...

Ignore the shiver-inducing name, because the Virginia Creeper Trail, a former rail bed, has turned into an awesome bike trail. The 34-mile trail welcomes hikers, cyclists and horseback riders near ...