an end to the trail

It's taken some five or six years to make the circuit, but we've traversed as much of the Rivanna Trail as we can find, and travelled all the way around the city of Charlottesville. There are sections where the trail follows local streets due to access problems. And there are gaps in the trail, the most obvious being the final section we followed along Moore's Creek from Quarry Park to the confluence with the Rivanna River. There quite simply is no way to cross Moore's Creek except on the railroad trestle - an act of tresspass - or wade through water that is heavily tainted by the outfall from a sewage treatment plant. It also appears that once across Moore's Creek there is a short section with no trail markers along the Rivanna River through Woolen Mills to the section we began with at Riverview Park a number of years ago. A great concept nicely executed still in progress.

on the trail

Thought we were going to be able to finish our walk around the city on the Rivanna Trail this weekend, with only a couple miles remaining. Alas we lost the trail where it crossed a major road, since we couldn't find the trail sign on the far side of the road bridge buried in the undergrowth half way up the hill. We know it's there because we walked on local streets to the next park, found the entrance to the trail and walked back to where we lost the trail with the sign buried in the underbrush. Which leaves one last section from Quarry Park out to the Rivanna River along Moore's Creek past the water treatment facility for Charlottesville.

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