Bikepacking the New River Trail State Park in Virginia

In this video, I'm taking a 3-day, 2-night bikepacking trip in the New River Trail State Park in southwest Virginia.
Come along for the ride as I go from the Draper entrance of the park down to Fries stopping to camp and relax in the Millrace campground at Foster Falls.
This Rails-to-Trail linear park offers easy peddling and beautiful scenery as the trail follows the historic New River along much of the path.
I used a new Spider rack, cradle and dry bag system from @aeroebikepack to carry my gear on my bike which worked great!
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[@joyfultrails]

Beautiful video! Looks like you had quite the adventure. Great info as well. This trail is on my list to get to, hopefully sooner than later.

[@woodycarr]

Thank you, joyfultrails! I’m glad you liked the video! It’s a great trail. Worth the trip for sure. Hope you get to enjoy it soon!

[@lost_in_TheLakes]

Great Video must get out on my bike soon.

[@woodycarr]

Thank you!

[@Tennessee-Explorer]

Thanks for the nice video. We are returning to the New River next month for bikepacking, with our dogs…. I love that place. We share a lot of the same gear. I even use a Tenkara rod, Dragontail.

[@woodycarr]

Thanks @Tennessee-Explorer! Have a great trip next month. It really is a special trail. I just got started with Tenkara. Still a lot to learn!

[@Tennessee-Explorer]

@@woodycarr We look forward to that trip for sure. We bikepacked the VA Creeper Trail recently, which is wonderful as well. Those videos are up now. As far as Tenkara, I recommend carrying a spare tip section. You will get hung up and break it eventually. I try to only cast places where I can walk to my line if needed to pull on it directly instead of using the rod. But that certainly limits where you fish. I love the simplicity of it. I also carry a 6’ telescoping rod with a spinning reel to use other places where Tenkara won’t work well.

[@woodycarr]

@@Tennessee-Explorer Great advice, thanks! My family and I rode the Virginia Creeper Trail several years ago. Might need to go back and do it as a bikepacking trip. It was very beautiful!

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[@mkenyon7429]

Enjoyed the video. Looks like a good tune up ride for the GAP/C&O. I did an out an back on the New River Trail from Pulaski a few years ago. I was coming back up I81 from a work trip. I just road 15 or so miles and turned around. Question. Does one need anything special for over night parking? I have an annual state park pass. But may be a copy of a camping reservation too?

[@woodycarr]

Thanks @mkenyon7429. Overnight parking at the various entry points requires a fee or state park pass. I used my annual pass at the Draper entrance. I just hung it on my rearview mirror. If you park at the Millrace campground they give you a parking pass as part of the camping fee. Hope that helps.