The Greensprings Trail

New Running Route

Since moving to Williamsburg I've enjoyed exploring new running routes. One of the nicest routes is the Greensprings Trail winding through woods near my home. I enter the trail by walking only about 200 meters from my front door! The first picture below shows the spot where I start running. It's a sunny day in late winter and the trees are bare.

 After an initial straightaway the trail turns left.

Wooden platforms cross over frequent patches of soggy ground.

Several signs along the way tell about trail history, wildlife, and ecology. One of these signs can be seen on the right in the next picture.

The path passes through pleasant wooded sections. Green holly leaves are abundant.

A left turn brings the trail onto a wooden bridge spanning one of the larger wetland areas.

There's a nice view over open water at the middle of the bridge:

On this day a turtle enjoyed the afternoon Sun and two geese shared a log.

After leaving the bridge the trail goes on to join the Virginia Capital Trail at a wooden entrance ramp:

A short distance on the paved Virginia Capital Trail brings me to a left turn where the Greensprings Trail continues through lovely wooded areas.

This particularly beautiful flat section of hard-packed white sand runs beside a large open field (off to the right, not shown), one of the oldest continually cultivated fields in the USA. This field has been farmed since early colonial days in the 1600's.

Here's the final stretch returning to the starting point near our new home.

Don't these trail pictures beckon you to run or walk?