Walnut Creek Park

This ride's general location is 10 miles southwest of Charlottesville in Albemarle County. Scenery includes dense woods on hillsides surrounding a 25-acre lake. This is a challenging single-track route for intermediate or expert riders. Less experienced riders may want to stick to the trail along the water's edge. This is a nifty five-mile single-track loop through the mature hardwoods surrounding the 23-acre lake at Walnut Creek Park. The trail consists of a single loop with an intersection at the 2.5 mile point where the experts and we mere mortals must temporarily part company. This is a multi-use trail system; although with its tight, twisty turns, log jumps, and quick descents, it's hard to believe that this trail wouldn't lose something in the translation from two wheels to two feet. The trail goes up, down, and around the natural contours of this park's hills and ravines.