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First Landing State Park Mountain Bike Trail
Virginia Beach, Virginia
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:    |
11 trail reviews |
| Status: |
Difficulty:  Beginner |
| Length: 12 miles | Global Rank: #2635 |
| Tread: Other | Configuration: Out & Back |
| Ridden: 50 | Wishlist: 21 |
| Avg. Speed: 8.37 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 20min |
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Description: Trail is a dirt road flat and some hills, but the scenery is awesome. You will see woods, creeks, swamps, marshes, and the trail ends at a beach area for swimming. On a hot summers day it is a great way to be outside and not get too hot riding. There is shade most of the way. The trail is marked very well. About half way you will ride into to a parking lot but just keep going you will see the bridge to continue on the trail which is now a double track dirt trail. Watch out for the sandy spots(keep the speed up or you'll get stuck and have to walk out of it).
added on July 26, 2005 by guest
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Description: Trail is a dirt road flat and some hills, but the scenery is awesome. You will see woods, creeks, swamps, marshes, and the trail ends at a beach area for swimming. On a hot summers day it is a great way to be outside and not get too hot riding. There is shade most of the way. The trail is marked very well. About half way you will ride into to a parking lot but just keep going you will see the bridge to continue on the trail which is now a double track dirt trail. Watch out for the sandy spots(keep the speed up or you'll get stuck and have to walk out of it).
added on July 26, 2005 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by tat2dfatguy on July 17, 2011
great trail for conditioning..not technical but a good ride close to home. can be very crowded in the morning hours with joggers..great for me right now as I am just getting back in the saddle after a 12 year break.
reviewed by B-Rax on April 9, 2011
nice scenery. but not very challenging. i live across the street so i ride this trail almost everyday for xc training
reviewed by jtorlando25 on August 6, 2010
Good place to bring the family or a date. If I were local, I'd probably ride here every now and then for the exercise but not for the trail. It's very flat with some nice scenery. I do not dig the sand pits...not fun at all.
reviewed by christopher1965 on June 28, 2009
i liked this trail. not knowing were to go at first i rode around until i found a trail. the first one i came across was a paved bike path that goes past great neck road. there are alot of stop signs and joggers and people walking their dogs. that trail is a couple miles long. then i found the cape henry path, this is hard packed sand and leaves with some roots and sand pits. its wide enough for bikers, hikers and joggers. there are some blind curves so you have to watch for people coming from the other direction. if you want fat burning work out, this is the place to do it.
reviewed by kemurphy on July 6, 2008
Beautiful scenery! That is about it. Great starter for the beginners. Trail is about 6mi but only about 2.5mi of it is any fun.
reviewed by Tim_Marshallsay on June 10, 2008
If you're looking for bad-ass, tattooed, backward ballcap, rocky, rooty, boast about it in the bar action, this isn't for you and, frankly, no one will miss you. What it does have is an incredibly varied environment, with just about every Midatlantic microecology imaginable. There are areas where you can pick up some speed and swoop through twists and turns, but the trail's all about the nature and the surroundings. If you're really up to it and have the right tires (and an ID card) you can start riding at Cape Henry light to First Landing (crossing Shore Drive - be SUPER vigilant), through the park to 64th St, down Shore Drive, Pacific Ave, over the bridge and along the bike path to Dam Neck, along the beach there, back along the bike paths into Virginia Beach, take in the scenery along the boardwalk then back through Fort Story. Don't write off FLSP simply because it's not a true MTB ride.
reviewed by AboveTheRidge on May 18, 2007
This trail is very fun particularly due to its location. You can start in the park, or at 1st street and ride the bike path down to the end of the boardwalk (40th), then cruise oceanfront backstreets or bayside sidestreets down to 64th and enter the park picking up the Cape Henry trail to the left towards the beachfront (winding and fun) or the 5-6 mile leg towards Shore drive (other end of park). Either one is good exercise but the CH trail to the beach front has more scenery. Pretty good early morning when its not as busy.
reviewed by Beau on March 21, 2007
this was a very fun trail. it is very flat and easy but my mom loves to do it. good sunday afternoon ride.
reviewed by itchyfeet on January 13, 2006
I grew up right down the road from this trail. It is mellow and a great ride to bring a date. Great view, beach, sand, what more could you ask for. It gets busy during tourist season but it is low key during the off season. Real wide trail and lots of marsh and sand.
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