Unfortunately, 18 miles of the bike trail, including 18 trestles from Damascus to Whitetop near the Virginia/North Carolina border, were destroyed/damaged by unprecedented flooding from Hurricane ...

The Virginia Creeper Trail, one of Virginia’s most beloved rail trails, is now officially open to e-bike riders on the ...

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (WJHL) — The portion of the Virginia Creeper Trail from Abingdon to Damascus has reopened following historic flooding brought to the region by Hurricane Helene. According to a ...

ABINGDON, Va. — Gary Greer watched this week’s relentless rain with some lament, saying few if any bicyclists were headed to Damascus to take a ride on the Virginia Creeper ...

(WJHL) — Virginia’s 34.3-mile-long Creeper Trail winds through Abingdon and extends through Damascus all the way to the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area at the Virginia and North Carolina ...

Also: Appalachian Power warns that rising temperatures could bring rapidly changing water levels on New and Roanoke rivers.

Back in the 1970s when Washington County leaders first started talking about converting an abandoned 35-mile Norfolk and Western Railway corridor into the Virginia Creeper Trail, a hiking and biking ...

DAMASCUS, Virginia --- (3/5) On the third segment of "My Town: Damascus," News 5's John Engel takes a ride on the Virginia Creeper Trail; 17 miles of downhill riding from Damascus to Abingdon.

The Damascus Trail Center, set to open August 27, will serve as an information hub for trail hikers, environmental enthusiasts, and other visitors to Damascus, Virginia.

ABINGDON — It’s one thing to turn a former rail line into a trail; it’s quite another to create a tourist attraction that generates millions of dollars in annual revenue ...

Brad Smith hiked into Damascus, Virginia, on the Appalachian Trail just as the rain from Hurricane Helene thickened into a torrent. “The last 6 miles was the worst weather I’ve been outside in ...