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Recreation/Trails |
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Linking People and Places |
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Working with local
governments, community organizations and businesses, we help create and
maintain:
- Hiking and biking
trails, river walks and greenways
- Safe and attractive
locations for healthful exercise, and
- Opportunities for
children and adults to learn about animals and plants that live
and grow here.
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In the Henry County and City
of Martinsville area of Virginia, DRBA’s affiliate, the
Martinsville-Henry County Rivers and Trails Group, is active in a
number of different projects. DRBA partnered with Henry County Parks
and Recreation to plan and construct a rail trail, a demonstration
trail at Fieldale along the Smith River, and nature trails through a
new nature preserve on the Smith River. |
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Rail Trail,
Martinsville
and Henry County, Virginia
A proposed rail trail will
follow Norfolk Southern’s abandoned Danville and Western rail bed
through Martinsville and into Henry County. The multiuse trail will
be open for walking and biking and will feature all the necessary
amenities. An old rail spur has been converted into a tail
by the City of Martinsville. This spur will lead trail users into
uptown Martinsville. |
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Smith River Fieldale Trail
, Henry County, Virginia
The Fieldale Tail is a short
greenway designed for biking and walking along the Smith River. The
trail runs from the Upper Smith River Water and Sewer Lift Station
and meanders along the Smith River for approximately one mile,
ending at the entryway to Fieldcrest Lodge. River access is
available at the trail head. Partial funding for the greenway was
provided by the Dominion Foundation, the Virginia Department of Forestry, Urban and Community
Forestry Program.
Check out the
Martinsville-Henry County Rivers and Trails Group brochure for
information on these projects.
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Smith River
Greenway, Eden, NC
The first leg of
the City of Eden’s greenway system is now
open! A new trailhead for the Smith River
Greenway is located on the east side of the
Smith River, just downstream of the Spray
traffic circle and Island Ford Bridge (now
under construction).
The trail is
level and smooth and extends for
approximately 1.7 miles to the Eden
Family
YMCA on Kennedy Street. Interesting plants
and wildlife are to be found along the trail
as it winds through woods and open fields.
From the circle,
the Greenway can be accessed by crossing the
Smith River on Meadow Road and turning
right. Parking, picnic shelter and rest room
facilities are available at the trailhead.
Benches are located along the trail.
The Eden
greenway along the Smith River was a project
of one of DRBA’s founders, Mike Covey. Mike
met with all of the landowners to gain their
approval, and he worked tirelessly to make
this beautiful trail possible.
The next phase
of the planned city-wide system will extend
the greenway up river beyond the bridge
toward the Spray dam.
DRBA thanks City
of Eden Mayor John Grogan, members of the
Eden City Council, planning director Kelly
Stultz, Sam W. Smith, Inc., and the Annie
Penn Community Trust for making the greenway
a reality. |
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Chinqua-Penn Trail,
Rockingham County, North Carolina
In Rockingham County, DRBA
received funding from the Annie Penn Foundation to improve the
Chinqua Penn trail to make it safer for seniors to traverse the 1.7
mile scenic loop through the NC State Research station.
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Caswell County, NC Trail
Master Plan
DRBA volunteers and staff
have been working to build a partnership of stakeholders to draft a
trail master plan for Caswell County, NC. The plan will look at linkages
along waterways and to local neighborhoods. A pilot trail project is
being developed to connect county and town parks with a senior
center, day care center and elementary school. |
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Dan
River Batteau NavigationTrail
Canoe, kayak or charter a batteau through
North Carolina's nationally significant
batteau navigation system on the Dan River
in Rockingham County, NC.
Recognized by the National Register of
Historic Places, the trail features 33
fascinating navigational structures
including sluices, wing dams and landings
designed to enable boats to maneuver the
rapids. Stone fish weirs, believed to have
been built by Amerindians as many as 1000
years ago, were modified much later to
improve navigation. Download the
front and
back of the Dan River Batteau
NavigationTrail brochure (two pdf files)
to learn more. |
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You can learn more about trails in Virginia
and North Carolina from these sources: |
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