On Road Facility Asphalt Shared Use Facility

A lightly traveled road or a road with a

paved shoulder. Cyclists must follow the
same rules as motor vehicles on the road.
Asphalt paths separated from
vehicular traffic.
Off Road Path
An earthen trail located in a park
or other natural area.
Scenic Byway
Scenic roads with historic, cultural, and/or
natural qualities. Cyclists must follow the
same rules as motor vehicles on the road.
Widened Sidewalk
Concrete sidewalks typically
widened to 8 feet.
V I R G I N I A B E A C H B I K E WA Y S & T R A I L S
Pathways to health are
right beneath your feet.
Bike, hike, ride, walk, jog or drive your way
to health on one of our many trail systems
and scenic by-ways. Relaxing sights, sounds
and smells await you as you reward your body
and mind by being active and aware. Feel refreshed
and renewed as you partake in a spirited jog down the boardwalk or stroll
leisurely with your family down a shady neighborhood street
or multipurpose trail. Take a fresh look at the countryside
as you drive away stress on scenic byways. Take an
energizing bicycle ride to a nearby park or store.
By keeping active, you can protect yourself from
things like high blood pressure, diabetes, and
obesity! Keep your body, mind and spirit at peak
performance. Take a healthy step: explore Virginia
Beach and its many miles of fun!
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p a r t o f F i r s t L a n d i n g S t a t e P a r k
2 5 0 0 S h o r e D r i v e ; 4 1 2 - 2 3 0 0
B a c k B a y N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e
4 0 0 5 S a n d p i p e r R o a d ; 7 2 1 - 2 4 1 2
B a y v i l l e F a r m s D i s t r i c t P a r k
4 1 3 2 F i r s t C o u r t R o a d ; 4 6 0 - 7 5 6 9 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
B a y s i d e R e c r e a t i o n C e n t e r
4 5 0 0 F i r s t C o u r t R o a d ; 4 6 0 - 7 5 4 0 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
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2 0 7 3 K e m p s v i l l e R o a d ; 4 7 9 - 0 1 0 6 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t C e n t e r o f V i r g i n i a
2 2 0 0 P a r k s A v e ; 4 2 5 - 0 0 0 0
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4 0 0 1 S a n d p i p e r R o a d ; 4 2 6 - 7 1 2 8
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2 5 0 0 S h o r e D r i v e ; 4 1 2 - 2 3 0 0
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3 8 2 0 S a n d p i p e r R o a d ; 4 2 6 - 0 0 1 3 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
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M o u n t T r a s h m o r e D i s t r i c t P a r k
3 1 0 E d w i n D r i v e ; 4 7 3 - 5 2 3 7 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
M u n d e n P o i n t D i s t r i c t P a r k
2 0 0 1 P e f l e y L a n e ; 4 2 6 - 5 2 9 6 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
N o r t h L a n d i n g R i v e r N a t u r a l A r e a P r e s e r v e
B l a c k w a t e r R o a d ; l i m i t e d a c c e s s b y a r r a n g m e n t w i t h
D C R S t e w a r d ( 7 5 7 ) 9 2 5 - 2 3 1 8
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1 s t S t r e e t t o 4 0 t h S t r e e t ; 4 3 7 - 4 8 0 0
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G e n e r a l B o o t h B l v d ; 4 3 7 - 2 0 3 8 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
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O w l C r e e k M u n i c i p a l T e n n i s C e n t e r
9 2 8 S . B i r d n e c k R o a d ; 3 8 5 - 2 6 9 5 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
P r i n c e s s A n n e A r e a L i b r a r y
1 4 4 4 N i m m o P a r k w a y ; 3 0 6 - 5 8 7 9
P r i n c e s s A n n e D i s t r i c t P a r k
3 4 7 5 P r i n c e s s A n n e R d ; 4 2 7 - 2 9 6 3 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
P r i n c e s s A n n e R e c r e a t i o n C e n t e r
1 4 0 0 F e r r e l l P a r k w a y ; 4 2 6 - 0 0 2 2 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
R e d W i n g D i s t r i c t P a r k
1 3 9 8 G e n e r a l B o o t h B l v d . ; 4 3 7 - 2 0 3 8 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
S h e l t e r r e s e r v a t i o n s : 3 8 5 - 2 5 5 0
S t u m p y L a k e G o l f C o u r s e
4 7 9 7 E . I n d i a n R i v e r R o a d ; 4 6 7 - 6 1 1 9
S t u m p y L a k e N a t u r a l A r e a
E a s t I n d i a n R i v e r R o a d ; 3 8 5 - 1 1 0 0 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
n e a r S t u m p y L a k e G o l f C o u r s e
T i d e w a t e r C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e
1 7 0 0 C o l l e g e C r e s c e n t ; 8 2 2 - 1 0 0 0
U S N a t i o n a l F i e l d H o c k e y T r a i n i n g C e n t e r
2 1 8 1 L a n d s t o w n R d ; 4 2 7 - 2 1 0 6
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3 5 5 0 C e l l a r D o o r W a y ; 3 6 8 - 3 0 0 0
V i r g i n i a B e a c h F a r m e r s M a r k e t
L o c a l f r e s h a n d s e a s o n a l p r o d u c e
3 6 4 0 D a m N e c k R o a d ; 3 8 5 - 4 3 9 5
V i r g i n i a B e a c h H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n C e n t e r
1 8 8 1 U n i v e r s i t y D r i v e ; 3 6 8 - 4 1 0 0
V i r g i n i a B e a c h S p o r t s p l e x
2 1 8 1 L a n d s t o w n R o a d ; 4 2 7 - 2 9 9 0
V i r g i n i a A q u a r i u m & M a r i n e S c i e n c e C e n t e r
7 1 7 G e n e r a l B o o t h B l v d ;
4 2 5 - F I S H ( 3 4 7 4 ) ; G r o u p r e s e r v a t i o n s : 4 3 7 - 6 0 0 0
V i s i t o r s I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t e r
2 1 0 0 P a r k s A v e ; 4 3 7 - 4 9 1 9
W e s t N e c k C r e e k N a t u r a l A r e a
N o r t h L a n d i n g R o a d ; 3 8 5 - 1 1 0 0 ( T T Y : 7 1 1 V i r g i n i a R e l a y )
a c r o s s f r o m t h e V i r g i n i a B e a c h M u n i c i p a l C e n t e r
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R e m e m b e r
B e S a f e : W e a r b r i g h t c l o t h i n g d u r i n g t h e d a y
a n d l i g h t c o l o r e d c l o t h i n g a t n i g h t w i t h r e f l e c t i v e
p a t c h e s o r s t r i p s t h a t m a k e y o u e a s i e r t o s e e .
B e R e s p e c t f u l : R e s p e c t o t h e r u s e r s r e g a r d -
l e s s o f t h e i r m o d e o f t r a v e l , s p e e d o r s k i l l .
P e d e s t r i a n s h a v e r i g h t - o f - w a y o n s i d e w a l k s a n d
t r a i l s . B i c y c l i s t s h o u l d a l w a y s a l e r t p e d e s t r i a n s
w h e n t h e y a r e a p p r o a c h i n g , p a s s o n t h e l e f t ,
a n d m a i n t a i n s a f e s p e e d s .
C i t y O r d i n a n c e : B y C i t y O r d i n a n c e , b i c y c l e s a n d
e l e c t r i c p o w e r - a s s i s t e d b i c y c l e s m a y b e r i d d e n
o n a n y C i t y s i d e w a l k e x c e p t A t l a n t i c A v e n u e
b e t w e e n R u d e e I n l e t a n d 4 2 n d S t r e e t f r o m A p r i l
1 5 t h o r u g h S e p t e m b e r 3 0 .
W e a r P r o t e c t i v e H e l m e t s : P r e v e n t h e a d i n j u r i e s
a n d m a k e s u r e e v e r y o n e w e a r s a h e l m e t w h e n
b i k e r i d i n g . I t i s t h e l a w f o r t h o s e u n d e r 1 4 y e a r s
o f a g e . I n a d d i t i o n , e v e r y o n e s h o u l d w e a r t h e
r e c o m m e n d e d s a f e t y g e a r f o r t h e i r c h o s e n
a c t i v i t y e s p e c i a l l y b i c y c l i s t s , r o l l e r b l a d e r s , a n d
s k a t e b o a r d e r s . T h i s m a y i n c l u d e w r i s t b a n d s ,
k n e e a n d e l b o w p a d s .
B e A w a r e : T r a v e l i n a c o n s i s t e n t a n d p r e d i c t a b l e
m a n n e r . L o o k b e h i n d y o u b e f o r e c h a n g i n g
p o s i t i o n a l o n g t h e t r a i l . B e v i g i l a n t o f t h e p e o p l e
a r o u n d y o u a n d y o u r s u r r o u n d i n g s .
P r a c t i c e S a f e C y c l i n g : W h e n r i d i n g o n r o a d s ,
r e m e m b e r t o f o l l o w t h e r u l e s o f t h e r o a d . R i d e
s i n g l e f i l e w i t h t r a f f i c a n d a s f a r t o t h e r i g h t a s
p o s s i b l e . U s e b i k e l a n e s i f p r e s e n t . U s e h a n d
s i g n a l s b e f o r e c h a n g i n g l a n e s a n d c h e c k t o y o u r
r e a r . F o r s a f e t y i n s t a l l r e a r a n d w h e e l r e f l e c t o r s .
P r e v e n t L i t t e r : H e l p k e e p t h e t r a i l s c l e a n a n d
n e a t f o r o t h e r s t o e n j o y . F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n
o n A d o p t A T r a i l p r o g r a m s , c o n t a c t t h e C l e a n
C o m m u n i t y C o m m i s s i o n a t ( 7 5 7 ) 4 2 7 - 4 4 6 1 .
H e a l t h y T i p s
K e e p h y d r a t e d , m a k e s u r e t o c o n s u m e a t
l e a s t 6 - 8 g l a s s e s o f w a t e r d a i l y .
B e p h y s i c a l l y a c t i v e a t l e a s t 3 0 m i n u t e s a d a y ,
4 d a y s a w e e k .
B e a w a r e o f h e a t s t r o k e s y m p t o m s : h i g h
b o d y t e m p e r a t u r e ( a b o v e 1 0 3 ) ; r e d , h o t , d r y
s k i n ( n o s w e a t ) ; r a p i d s t r o n g p u l s e ; h e a d a c h e ,
d i z z i n e s s , c o n f u s i o n , o r u n c o n s c i o u s n e s s . I f
s y m p t o m s a r e p r e s e n t , c a l l 9 1 1 f o r i m m e d i a t e
m e d i c a l a t t e n t i o n .
W e a r s u n s c r e e n o f a t l e a s t S P F 3 0 . M a k e s u r e
t o r e a p p l y e v e r y f e w h o u r s .
W e a r i n s e c t r e p e l l a n t t o p r e v e n t i t c h y b i t e -
s a n d s t i n g s . R e a d l a b e l s c a r e f u l l y , e s p e c i a l l y
w h e n a p p l y i n g t o c h i l d r e n .
B e n e f i t s o f e x e r c i s e
M a i n t a i n a h e a l t h y w e i g h t !
R e d u c e r i s k f o r c a r d i o v a s c u l a r d i s e a s e !
L o w e r b l o o d p r e s s u r e !
I n c r e a s e t h e a m o u n t o f h e a l t h y c h o l e s t e r o l i n
y o u r b l o o d !
D e c r e a s e h e a l t h c a r e c o s t s !
I m p r o v e m e n t a l h e a l t h !
R e d u c e s t r e s s !
S l o w t h e a g i n g p r o c e s s !
C r e a t e h e a l t h y h a b i t s f o r a l i f e t i m e !
C a l o r i e s b u r n e d
A c t i v i t y e v e r y 3 0 m i n u t e s
( 1 5 0 l b . p e r s o n )
B i c y c l i n g 6 m p h : 1 2 0 c a l o r i e s
1 2 m p h : 2 5 0 c a l o r i e s
W a l k i n g 2 0 m i n . m i l e : 1 2 0 c a l o r i e s
J o g g i n g 9 m i n . m i l e : 3 7 0 c a l o r i e s
1 2 m i n . m i l e : 2 9 0 c a l o r i e s
1 5 m i n . m i l e : 1 7 0 c a l o r i e s
R u n n i n g 5 m i n . m i l e : 6 0 0 c a l o r i e s
8 m i n . m i l e : 4 0 0 c a l o r i e s
B a c k p a c k i n g 3 0 0 c a l o r i e s
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a c k B a y N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e w a s
e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 3 8 t o p r o v i d e h a b i t a t f o r
m i g r a t i n g a n d w i n t e r i n g w a t e r f o w l , p a r t i c u l a r l y
g r e a t e r s n o w g e e s e . T h e r e f u g e c o n t a i n s m o r e
t h a n 8 , 0 0 0 a c r e s , s i t u a t e d o n a n d a r o u n d a t h i n
s t r i p o f c o a s t l i n e t y p i c a l o f b a r r i e r i s l a n d s f o u n d
a l o n g t h e A t l a n t i c a n d G u l f c o a s t s . H a b i t a t s
i n c l u d e b e a c h , d u n e s , w o o d l a n d , f a r m f i e l d s a n d
m a r s h . T h e r e f u g e c o n t i n u e s t o b e a n i m p o r t a n t
l i n k i n t h e c h a i n o f n a t i o n a l w i l d l i f e r e f u g e s
l o c a t e d a l o n g t h e A t l a n t i c F l y w a y . W a l k i n g / b i k i n g
t r a i l s a r e s e a s o n a l l y c l o s e d o r m a y b e r e r o u t e d ,
d e p e n d i n g o n w i l d l i f e u s e . F o l l o w t r a i l s i g n s o r
c o n t a c t t h e r e f u g e f o r d e t a i l s .
F a l s e C a p e
n e o f t h e f e w u n d e v e l o p e d a r e a s a l o n g t h e
A t l a n t i c c o a s t , F a l s e C a p e S t a t e P a r k b o a s t s a
h u g e m i g r a t o r y b i r d p o p u l a t i o n a n d a v a r i e t y
o f w i l d l i f e , p l a n t s a n d t r e e s . T h e p a r k i s o n l y
a c c e s s i b l e b y f o o t , b i c y c l e , b e a c h t r a n s p o r t e r ,
t r a m o r b o a t . T r a m t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t h r o u g h B a c k
B a y N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e i s a v a i l a b l e A p r i l
t h r o u g h O c t o b e r ; r e s e r v a t i o n s s h o u l d b e m a d e
b y c a l l i n g ( 7 5 7 ) 4 9 8 - 2 4 7 3 . B e t w e e n N o v e m b e r
1 a n d M a r c h 3 1 , a c c e s s t o t h e p a r k i s r e s t r i c t e d
t o t h e b e a c h o r t h r o u g h t h e p a r k s b e a c h t r a n s -
p o r t e r , t h e T e r r a G a t o r . C a l l 1 - ( 8 0 0 ) 9 3 3 - P A R K
f o r T e r r a G a t o r r e s e r v a t i o n s . T r a m o r T e r r a G a t o r
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i s n o t a v a i l a b l e t o c a m p e r s .
e s t N e c k C r e e k N a t u r a l A r e a i s a w o o d e d 1 7 8 - a c r e s i t e t h a t h a s b e e n k e p t i n i t s
n a t u r a l s t a t e w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f a s e r i e s o f m u l t i - u s e t r a i l s e v e n t u a l l y t o t a l i n g 4 m i l e s .
A l a r g e v a r i e t y o f n a t i v e p l a n t l i f e a n d w i l d l i f e m a k e t h i s a r e a a n i n t e r e s t i n g e d u c a t i o n a l
w a l k i n t h e w o o d s . T h e m u l t i - u s e t r a i l s y s t e m i s d e s i g n e d t o a c c o m m o d a t e b i k e r s , h i k e r s ,
j o g g e r s , e q u e s t r i a n s , a n d w a l k e r s . I n a d d i t i o n , a s m a l l s e c t i o n o f t h e t r a i l s y s t e m h a s b e e n
p a v e d , m a k i n g i t a c c e s s i b l e t o w h e e l c h a i r s a n d s t r o l l e r s .
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N a t u r a l A r e a
W e s t N e c k C r e e k
N a t u r a l A r e a
i r s t L a n d i n g S t a t e P a r k i s t h e s t a t e s m o s t p o p u l a r s t a t e p a r k w i t h m o r e
t h a n o n e m i l l i o n v i s i t o r s e a c h y e a r . M o r e t h a n 1 9 m i l e s o f h i k i n g t r a i l s w i n d
t h r o u g h t h e n a t u r a l a r e a . G u i d e d k a y a k e c o l o g i c a l t o u r s a l l o w e x p l o r a t i o n
o f t h e m a r s h e s a n d b a y s . T h e v i s i t o r c e n t e r e x h i b i t s e x p l a i n m u c h a b o u t t h i s
c o a s t a l e n v i r o n m e n t . D u e t o t h e f r a g i l e s a n d d u n e a r e a i n t h e p a r k , b i k e s a r e
o n l y p e r m i t t e d o n t h e C a p e H e n r y T r a i l .
This map was developed by
Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation.
phone: (757) 385-1100
e-mail: fun@VBgov.com
web: www.VBgov.com/parks
June 2006
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