The Tobacco Heritage Trail is an ambitious project that will eventually link Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg counties with 174 miles of transportation and recreation corridors. The 70-mile phase from Lawrenceville to Clarksville is under active development. Right of way has been acquired, and the first five-mile segment from Brodnax to LaCrosse is open. Using abandoned rail beds, bridges, rights of way and state roadways, the planned system will provide a network to boost transportation, tourism and economic development in rural, historic southern Virginia.

The first section of the Tobacco Heritage Trail was officially opened in September 2005.