Falling Creek Park is the first of four planned regional parks being built in Bedford County. The park is located approximately 1 mile from US Rt. 460 on Falling Creek Rd. behind the Bedford County Nursing Home. The trail network in the park is designed for hiking, mountain biking and trail running and at present totals 8.5 miles. The trails vary in difficulty from easy to advanced and there is a skills developing area that features a pump track, a 20′ “skinny” log to ride. The teeter totter is currently broken from misuse…no, it’s not a catapult! There are more skill building features in the works.
Falling Creek Park is also host to the annual Fat Tire Frenzy at Falling Creek mountain bike race which is this year’s second stop of the Virginina DeRailer Mountain Bike Race Series-2008 Race Map. Also, the park is home to the Liberty High School cross country team for practices and home meets.
At Falling Creek Park you will find other amenities such as picnic shelters, charcoal grills, children’s playground and a series of fitness stations all located around the 1/3 mile paved walking path. So bring your bike, your family and your picnic basket and enjoy the beauty of Bedford County’s first public park!
*PLEASE NOTE*
The new section of the Bluebird Path is now complete and intersects the Creekside trail. This new section allows you to “loop” around on the trail without repeating any section, then you can either take Creekside (left) back to park or go across the bridge (go left after crossing the bridge) and take the first mile of the Bluebird Path back to the park. There are distance markers located every 1/4 mile and Bluebird markers are every 1/8 mile until the trail intersects with Creekside trail. We will have new maps that reflect all changes by the end of the month. The new road is complete and we have re-claimed portions of the trails on the other side and connected them using a portion of the new road. There is more signage to indicate these changes being installed the week of 7/18/2008.
Group Ride! Thursdays 6:00 p.m. Ride leader-Kenny Palmer
540-875-8238 for more info.
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Current trail conditions: 7/17/2008- Trails are good to go.
