Virginia State Parks
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Kiptopeke State Park
This project will include general trail maintenance and construction in a coastal environment. Volunteers will use a variety of hand tool to build or repair trails in the park. Other maintenance tasks not involving trails may be completed also. A general day will include a short walk to the work site and 6-7 hours of…
Hungry Mother State Park
As trails within Hungry Mother State Park see increased usage, it's crucial to ensure trails are sustainable to meet this increased demand. Volunteers will install rock armoring in areas that currently have drainage issues, adding knicks and rolling grade dips, clearing the corridor, out-slop and deberming the trail. Volunteers will also address areas of trail…
Hungry Mother State Park
We will be hand building a section of new trail which will eventually wind its way over and meet up with Clyburn Ridge Loop Trail. The trail will be laid out on an old road bed and then will meander through a steeply forested area along ridges and sideslopes. All work will be done by…
Kiptopeke State Park
The AHS crew will help maintain existing trails and boardwalks and help reroute an existing trail that is currently being threatened by erosion of the bluff.
Hungry Mother State Park
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Since implementing the Trail Master Plan we have provided rehabilitation, re-routes, and new trail construction to bring our current trail inventory up to standards. It is crucial to provide sustainable trails and recreation areas to meet an increase demand for hiking trails. We will address current needs to make…
Grayson Highlands State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Volunteers will spend most of the week re-routeing the Cabin Creek trail out of a drainage area. The new section is approximately 0.21 miles in length and will have to be laid by hand. If we are able to complete that section prior to weeks end, we will work on some drainage issues closer to…
Hungry Mother State Park – Volunteer Vacations 2021
Raider's Run Trail was historically used as a horseback riding trail and has been turned into a hiking/biking trail. Many sections of the trail need to be re-routed to make it more user friendly and sustainable. The trail will be bench cut on moderately steep slopes but will be laid out sustainably with water diversion…
