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Next DRHT Board Meeting
August 29th @ 6:00pm More Info

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The DRHT is currently a private trail, meaning that you must have a valid permit in order to use the trail. Carry your permit with you on the trail at all times! Apply for a Permit

Please Note:
Out of respect for the congregation of Little Ark Baptist Church, trail users are not currently authorized to use the portion of the trail property that passes adjacent to Little Ark Baptist Church's cemetery.

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What's New

Adopt-a-Trail Program
We're updating our trail maintenance program and looking for volunteers to adopt half-mile sections of the trail. Email our work coordinator to sign up. We appreciate the help, and the Trail thanks you!

RF&P Boxcar and Caboose Arrive
Stop by the Rt 605 trailhead and have a look at the newly arrived RF&P boxcar and wooden caboose, both built in the early 1900s. Friends of the DRHT is teaming with the Railroad Historical Society to restore the railcars for use on the trail's remaining section of track!

Meadows' Residents Show Support for DRHT.
sign A new DRHT sign has been installed at mile 13 where the DRHT intersects with Panorama Drive in the Meadows. Donated by some residents of The Meadows, the sign points the way to the rest of the trail and provides a kiosk where hikers can get more information.

DRHT FUNDRAISER: Picnic Tables for the DRHT
For each Picnic Table Donation of $250, the Boy Scouts will build a picnic table and place it in a select spot along the DRHT. A plaque, engraved with the donor's name, will be mounted on each picnic table. Funds will go to both the Boy Scouts and the DRHT. Let us know you'd like to buy a picnic table
 

Trail Events

Sep 13th - DRHT Adopt-A-Hwy Litter Pick-Up

Sep 28th - DRHT Sponsors 11th Annual Cannonball Century with the Fredericksburg Cyclists


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Trail Petition

If you haven't already, please add your name to our rail-trail petition. The trail thanks you!
1 - download & print
2 - sign (and get signatures!)
3 - send to Friends of the DRHT
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In The News

Rails-to-trails project keeps chugging along - 7 July 2008

Dogs Tackle the Heritage Trail - 31 March 2008


K.G. trail group holding fundraiser HIKING FOR A CAUSE - 29 March 2008


more trail news

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