Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
09/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/17/2025 10:10
Twelve projects selected for Recreational Trails Program grants
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Date: September 17, 2025
Contact: Emi Endo, Senior Public Relations and Marketing Specialist, 804-786-8442, [email protected]
Twelve projects selected for Recreational Trails Program grants
(Editors: Follow this link to download an image. Photo caption: A project to improve the trailhead parking area at Mill Creek Nature Park in the Town of Narrows has been awarded a Recreational Trails Program grant.)
RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Federal Highway Administration have awarded grants to 12 trail projects through the Recreational Trails Program.
The Recreational Trails Program, or RTP, is a federal, matching reimbursement program established to construct and rehabilitate recreational trails and trail-related facilities.
The 2025 projects, representing non-motorized, motorized and diverse trail uses across the commonwealth, were selected from 24 applications received during an open application process that ended in May. Counties, cities and towns, park and recreation authorities, tribal governments, state agencies, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations were eligible to compete for funding.
Information on future RTP grant rounds will be available at dcr.virginia.gov/recreational-planning/grants.
Selected projects:
- Smith Creek Sensory Trail Restroom, Town of Clifton Forge, $148,400.
- Swan Bridge Replacement, Gloucester County, $250,000.
- Sandy Bottom Nature Park Trail Enhancements, City of Hampton, $136,065.60
- Siegen Forest and Germanna Ford Boat Launch Parking, Historic Germanna, $76,389.28
- Dark Hollow Falls Restoration and Reroute, Shenandoah National Park Trust, $101,200.
- Mill Creek Trailhead Improvements, Town of Narrows, $96,000.
- North Trail Reroute at Leopold's Preserve, White House Farm Foundation, $37,750.
- Cumberland State Forest Willis River Swinging Bridge Replacement, Virginia Department of Forestry, $250,000.
- New River Water Trail Recovery, New River Conservancy, $146,625.
- New River Water Trail Wayfinding and Signage, New River Valley Regional Commission, $63,600.
- James River Water Trail Last Lock Boat Ramp, Botetourt County, $160,000.
- Equipment Purchase for Motorized Trail System, Southwest Regional Recreation Authority, $321,769.24
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