High Bridge Trail State Park

High Bridge Trail is 31 miles long and ideally suited for hiking, bicycling and horseback riding. 

Once a rail bed, the trail is wide, level and generally flat. Its finely crushed limestone surface and dimensions make it easy to enjoy. The park’s centerpiece is the majestic High Bridge, which is more than 2,400 feet long and 125 feet above the Appomattox River. It is the longest recreational bridge in Virginia and among the longest in the United States. Bring drinking water because none is available on the trail.

Entrances - Parking availability:

Rice's Depot Road, 1/4-mile off U.S. 460 at Rice, near trail milepost 142
River Road, three miles off N. Main St. in Farmville, near trail milepost 146
Osborne Road, 1/4-mile off N. Main St. in Farmville, near trail milepost 149
Municipal lots in Farmville where the trail intersects with Main St. near trail milepost 150
Tuggle Road, off U.S. 460 and near U.S. 15 North, near trail milepost 156
Prospect Road, off U.S. 460 at Prospect, near trail milepost 161
Elam, off U.S. 460 at Sulpher Spring Rd., near trail milepost 164
Heights School Rd., of U.S. Business 460 near Pamplin, near trail milepost 168

High Bridge Access: There are two parking lots near the High Bridge.

East of the bridge: 1466 Camp Paradise Road; Rice, Virginia (Prince Edward County)

• Use 1681 Aspen Hill Road Rice, Virginia 23966, to get to the entrance of Camp Paradise Road then travel 1.5 miles to the parking area.
• High Bridge is .3 miles from the Camp Paradise parking lot. Trailers are allowed in this lot, and equestrians may access the trail from it.

West of the bridge: River Road, Farmville (Cumberland County)

• Use 555 River Road, Farmville, VA 23901, to get here. High Bridge is nearly a mile from the lot. Trailers are not allowed at this lot.

Trip suggestions

• Bikers might prefer parking at the Rice parking lot, which is 3.2 miles from the bridge and 8.2 miles from Farmville. Bikers might also wish to park at the Main Street Plaza parking lot in Farmville; the bridge is 4.5 miles from that lot.
• For equestrians, the designated horse trailer parking lots are at Camp Paradise Road. (.6 miles from the bridge), Osborne Road (3.9 miles from the bridge) and  Prospect (14.1 miles from the bridge).