Welcome to the internet's most comprehensive website on the Virginia Creeper Trail. The Virginia Creeper Trail is considered to be the best rail-trail in the east, and among the best in the United States.

This non-profit informational site has been created by local residents who live in or near Damascus, Virginia, and by others from around the country who love this 34-mile trail which winds down through the Blue Ridge mountains from Whitetop to Abingdon, Virginia.

The Virginia Creeper Trail is temporarily closed for repairs in a three-mile section from Whitetop Station to Green Cove Station. Click here for photos of repairs in progress from the National Forest Service. Due to the amount of rain and mud on the site, repairs have been delayed.

Rebuilding of Trestle 7 (click on this line to see tornado damage) : This is under contract with Inland Construction and they are already purchasing materials and will start mobilizing onsite in the near future. The time estimate is 6-8 months (posted May 23 2013). They will work to keep the trail open with only limited closure to mobilize equipment and install sections with the crane. They will try to keep closures to a minimum and limit it to non-peak times. There is no way to predict all closures due to weather. 

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy: VCT is Trail of the Month, May 2013