Trail News

March 18, 2026

Spend enough time on Virginia’s waterways and you start to notice things. The quiet shift of the tide through a marsh creek. The flash of an osprey overhead. The way …

Two women on kayaks

December 15, 2025

Virginia oysters are more than a local delicacy — they are a story of place, people, heritage and a coastal culture shaped by water. And now, experiencing that story is …

Group enjoying a Virginia Oyster Trail tasting at a waterfront table on coastal Virginia

December 15, 2025

For many visitors, the Virginia Water Trails are the entry point to rural coastal Virginia — a region shaped by winding tidal rivers, quiet creeks and broad Chesapeake Bay shorelines. …

Northern Neck Hidden History Trail website shown on multiple devices with logo and NNKHiddenHistoryTrail.org URL

November 14, 2025

There’s a saying in rural coastal Virginia that the tide shapes everything — the land, the people, even the stories. Nowhere is that more true than in the Guinea Marshes, …

Yellow kayak resting on the shore of Guinea Marshes with calm water and marsh grasses in Gloucester County

November 3, 2025

When the summer crowds fade and the air turns crisp, Virginia’s Middle Peninsula transforms into a kayaker’s winter sanctuary. From the York River to the Piankatank, from Dragon Run’s cypress-studded …

Kayaker on a dock preparing to launch a yellow kayak into calm, misty Middle Peninsula waters at dawn