Best Easy Day Hikes Richmond, Virginia by Johnny Molloy & Globe Pequot Press

Author:Johnny Molloy & Globe Pequot Press
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FalconGuides, best easy day hikes series, day hikes, hiking, hikes, hiking trails, day hikes, wilderness, national forest, national parks, wildlife, nature
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Published: 2014-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

While here, you may want to take a boat cruise on the lower Tidewater Connection Locks. Tickets can be had at the New Turning Basin.

On your return trip, look beyond the walk at the high rises of downtown and the river in the distance, thinking about how the canals of Richmond were begun in 1784, surveyed by none other than George Washington himself.

Miles and Directions

0.0With your back to the Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar, leave Tredegar Street to join Brown’s Island on a dam/bridge. Once on Brown’s Island, pass the Powhatan Chiefdom and Manchester & Free Bridges informational medallions inlaid into the path. Continue east along Haxall Canal. View rapids of the James.

0.2Pass under the Manchester Bridge. An arched iron pedestrian bridge leaves left across the canal. This will be your return route.

0.5Pass within the roofless walls of an old hydroelectric plant.

0.6Reach the end of the Haxall Canal near the Christopher Newport Cross. Turn left toward Twelfth Street, passing the Reynolds plant, then join the Tidewater Connection Locks, using steps. Shortly cross over to the north side of the lock then pass under the Thirteenth Street Bridge, then cross back over to the south side of the canal.

0.8Pass under the Virginia Street Bridge. Emerge at the New Turning Basin, where boat tours are available.

1.0Reach the Triple Crossing. Head back to the north side of the canal near the African Americans information medallion and the Waterfront informational medallion. Turn back up the canal here, though the trail extends to Dock Street under I-95 and is slated for more expansion.

1.2Curve around the north side of the New Turning Basin and the tour boat ticket area. Continue under the Thirteenth Street Bridge and the Tidewater Connection Locks to reach the Reynolds plant again. Backtrack up the south side of the Haxall Canal.

1.7Reach the arched pedestrian bridge to cross the Haxall Canal and walk new terrain. Pass under the Manchester Bridge. Climb steps near the Seventh Street roundabout auto access. A larger pedestrian bridge connects Seventh Street to Brown’s Island. Head west along an elevated path, paralleling Tredegar Street.

2.0Arrive back at the trailhead.

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