Virginia Adventure Trail

[Defiant Offroad]

The VAT runs from near Damascus, VA up to Fulks Run, VA. The current revision is 656.6 miles long. The route has been finalized, but I still have some minor tweaks to do to it before it's released publicly. Unless I screwed up somewhere and didn't catch it (which is entirely possible), the entire route is open year-round. No seasonally closed trails are included in the main route. Some trails like Potts Mountain and Big Levels are optional spurs off of the main route, due to their difficulty and/or seasonal closures.
When the route's released, it'll be on www.virginiaadventuretrail.com, so keep an eye on the site if you're interested in getting a hold of the route files.

 

[matzell]

The VAT runs from near Damascus, VA up to Fulks Run, VA. The current revision is 656.6 miles long. The route has been finalized, but I still have some minor tweaks to do to it before it's released publicly. Unless I screwed up somewhere and didn't catch it (which is entirely possible), the entire route is open year-round. No seasonally closed trails are included in the main route. Some trails like Potts Mountain and Big Levels are optional spurs off of the main route, due to their difficulty and/or seasonal closures.
When the route's released, it'll be on www.virginiaadventuretrail.com, so keep an eye on the site if you're interested in getting a hold of the route files. View attachment 3998661

Thank you for putting this together. Hopefully we can educate people on things like tread lightly and staying on trails and cleaning up after themselves. I have seen too many trails close here in VA and would love for these to stay open.

May have to open more campgrounds or camping areas if this gets really popular.

I am sure you have put a lot of hard work into mapping this out. I enjoyed the videos.

 

[Land Shark]

The VAT runs from near Damascus, VA up to Fulks Run, VA. The current revision is 656.6 miles long. The route has been finalized, but I still have some minor tweaks to do to it before it's released publicly. Unless I screwed up somewhere and didn't catch it (which is entirely possible), the entire route is open year-round. No seasonally closed trails are included in the main route. Some trails like Potts Mountain and Big Levels are optional spurs off of the main route, due to their difficulty and/or seasonal closures.
When the route's released, it'll be on www.virginiaadventuretrail.com, so keep an eye on the site if you're interested in getting a hold of the route files. View attachment 3998661

This is what I was referring to when I said “tip to tip”. Would love to traverse this

 

[mess331470]

This would be an awesome club trip.

 

[davidp14]

The VAT runs from near Damascus, VA up to Fulks Run, VA. The current revision is 656.6 miles long. The route has been finalized, but I still have some minor tweaks to do to it before it's released publicly. Unless I screwed up somewhere and didn't catch it (which is entirely possible), the entire route is open year-round. No seasonally closed trails are included in the main route. Some trails like Potts Mountain and Big Levels are optional spurs off of the main route, due to their difficulty and/or seasonal closures.
When the route's released, it'll be on www.virginiaadventuretrail.com, so keep an eye on the site if you're interested in getting a hold of the route files. View attachment 3998661

Very cool. Thank you for posting here. Looking forward to checking out the gpx.

 

[matzell]

It may be a busy time of year, but, maybe Memorial day weekend 2026?

 

[jwfowler]

Buddy of mine looked into this since supposedly the files were released today, $16 single use and no sharing.

 

[Land Shark]

Buddy of mine looked into this since supposedly the files were released today, $16 single use and no sharing.

Interesting!

 

[ODSTbee]

Buddy of mine looked into this since supposedly the files were released today, $16 single use and no sharing.

I can confirm, you get .gpx files for the VAT and the three optional spur trails. I honestly prefer this to any sort of subscription offroad map app.

 

[matzell]

For the time and effort they look to have put in, that seems like a good deal.

 

[davidp14]

Yup. Seems like a good deal to me

 

[Land Shark]

Yup. Seems like a good deal to me

1000%

 

[Defiant Offroad]

For the time and effort they look to have put in, that seems like a good deal.

Thanks. I worked on scouting and mapping it off-and-on for almost 3 years.

 

[ODSTbee]

I did a quick overnighter on 16, 17 October. Did Flagpole Knob to Reddish Knob. All very simple, though I did get ATRAC to activate going over a rut. Camped right by Skidmore Reservoir. I plan to go up Union Springs some time too. I need to try out a lot more of the VAT track.

By Skidmore Reservoir

Flagpole Knob in the morning

Reddish Knob a couple hours later

 

[FamilyCamper]

I did a quick overnighter on 16, 17 October. Did Flagpole Knob to Reddish Knob. All very simple, though I did get ATRAC to activate going over a rut. Camped right by Skidmore Reservoir. I plan to go up Union Springs some time too. I need to try out a lot more of the VAT track.

By Skidmore Reservoir
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Flagpole Knob in the morning
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Reddish Knob a couple hours later
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Great pics! Union springs in a nice trail will keep you on your toes a little bit more but no problem for the truck

 

[mwalls54]

we have discussed doing some of this for creek Daze.

 

[davidp14]