We just love navigating Halifax County’s Tobacco Heritage Trail, a four-mile path of crushed stone that is great for biking, hiking and horseback riding. Here’s why:
1. It’s rarely crowded.
2. The people are friendly.
3. The trail is kept in good shape.
4. Trees on both sides keep much of it shaded in the summer. There are picnic tables, horse stands and even a bathroom, rare on most trails.
5. Wildlife is abundant. There are deer, squirrels, rabbits, small turtles and occasional snakes.
6. The trail was extended from the 2 ½ miles constructed in 2006 to 4 miles in 2018.
7. It’s a great place for community events, such as 5K runs.
8. Parking is easy. The simplest route to get there is west on Edmunds Street and south on Railroad Avenue.
9. Its history is remarkable. Just off the trail is a Diamond Hill Memorial, a cemetery for slaves and others who worked at Berry Hill Plantation.
10. When Jefferson Davis fled Richmond for Danville at the end of the Civil War, he traveled right over this trail (well, not on a bicycle!)on the train.