Work Days

Meet at the intersection of Rowcross Street and Golf Drive in Old Trail at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, May 27 to help rebuild and widen a section of the trail along Lickinghole Creek. This is a beautiful, secluded section of trail but its location on a steep hillside continues to challenge us to maintain a safe, accessible route. We will be using shovels, rakes, and other tools to widen the trail and reinforce it. Wear long pants and sturdy shoes or boots (no sandals or flipflops). Work gloves and bug spray recommended! Bring your own water. 

Sign up here so we know how many tools to bring and so we can contact you if weather requires a postponement. But feel free to show up even if you don’t sign up. Come when you can, leave when you must! 

Use the address 3452 Rowcross St, Crozet to navigate to the meeting area. Please do not block mailboxes or driveways.

We will be clearing fallen limbs from the trail behind Henley/Brownsville Schools, and pruning shrubs and brambles from the trail parallel to Rowcross and into Western Park.

Meet at 9am at the switchback trail at the intersection of Rowcross St and Fielding Run Drive in Old Trail. Dress for the weather – it will be chilly. Wear sturdy shoes or boots, bring water. Hat and work gloves are recommended.

Under 18 years old must be accompanied by parent or responsible adult.

We will be working this Saturday on the trail next to Lickinghole Creek in Old Trail, We will be widening and stabilizing the trail as it cuts into the slope. It’s a lovely section of trail that could use some TLC to preserve it and make it safer and easier to pass across. We also will need to do some pruning and trimming, as we haven’t visited this section of trail in several months.

Meet at 9 a.m. at the gravel driveway at the intersection of Golf Drive and Rowcross Street in Old Trail. Bring water, gloves, and bug spray, and wear sturdy shoes. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian.

Sign up here. Feel free to come if you don’t sign up, but this lets us get in touch with you in case weather causes us to postpone the work day.

Directions: from Crozet Avenue, head west on Jarmans Gap Rd, then turn left onto Old Trail Drive. At the third roundabout, use the third exit to head east on Golf Drive. Drive to the end and park along Rowcross St.
Use 3452 Rowcross St, Crozet, VA 22932 in your GPS to navigate to the location.

On Saturday, September 17, we will meet at 8:30 a.m. at Crozet Park and then divide up into smaller groups to work on trails at Fairwinds Lane in Western Ridge, Creekside in Old Trail, and the Dog Park at Crozet Park. There will be mowing, weed-whacking, and pruning/lopping at each of these locations. We will also need team leaders who will ensure that the right equipment gets moved out and back, and can direct the work.

It’s definitely still tick & chigger season, so long pants, socks, and sturdy shoes are recommended. Bring your own gloves, hat, and water, and be sure to use bug spray. Use our tools or bring your own. Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. 

You don’t need to sign up, but if you do we can get in touch if weather is a problem, plus it helps us plan to have enough tools. Here’s the sign up sheet.

DIRECTIONS: Meet at the CTC shed next to the Community Building (formerly Radio Building). Enter Crozet Park from Park Street and follow the road to the left of the pool area, continuing to the far side of the parking lot behind the pool.

August 13:
Trail Maintenance Behind Henley & Brownsville

On Saturday, August 13, we will meet at 8:30 a.m. for a joint work day with Henley PaTSO to clear and widen the trail network between Old Trail Drive and The Meadows behind Henley and Brownsville Schools.

Meet at the entrance to Henley Middle School, which is about a 5 minute walk to the trail entrance. If you arrive late, go behind the school and walk past the soccer field to the trail system.

As always, there are both ticks and poison ivy, so long pants, socks, and sturdy shoes are recommended. Bring your own gloves, hat, and water, and be sure to use bug spray. Use our tools or bring your own. Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. 

Please sign up here so we can notify you in case bad weather changes our plans, and so we know if we need to borrow tools.

August 27:
Trail Maintenance at Chesterfield Landing and Sparrow Hill

On Saturday, August 27, we will meet at 8:30 a.m. to work on clearing and widening the trail along Lickinghole Creek behind Chesterfield Landing and Sparrow Hill. We will need people who are willing to work with mowers and string trimmers, as well as pruners, loppers, and hand saws. This is another very pretty section of trail that you may not have seen yet, so it’s a good opportunity to explore another corner of Crozet.

COME WHEN YOU CAN, LEAVE WHEN YOU MUST. We’re very flexible that way!

Meet at the trail entrance on Oxbow Drive in Chesterfield Landing at 8:30 a.m. (put 5436 Oxbow Drive in your GPS). If you need to come later, head out the trail to find us. As always, there are ticks, so long pants, socks, and sturdy shoes are recommended. Bring your own gloves, hat, and water, and be sure to use bug spray. Use our tools or bring your own. Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. 

PLEASE BE SURE NOT TO BLOCK MAILBOXES OR DRIVEWAYS WHEN PARKING ON THE ROAD.

If you sign up here, we will be able to notify you in case we have to reschedule due to weather. 

Directions: Oxbow Drive is on the east side of Crozet Avenue, across from the Meadows, about 1/4 mile north of Route 250.

NOTE: DATE CHANGED FROM JULY 9 DUE TO WEATHER

On Saturday, July 16, we will meet at 8:30 a.m. to do regular trail maintenance along the southern expanse of the Crozet Connector Trail. It’s growing season, and the grass and weeds are taking full advantage! We need people who can prune and trim with hand tools, as well as people willing to operate trimmers and mowers. 

COME WHEN YOU CAN, LEAVE WHEN YOU MUST. We’re very flexible that way!

Meet at the trailhead at Nicolet Court (directions below or use 5937 Nicolet Ct. in your GPS) at 8:30 a.m. If you need to come later, head left down the trail to find us. As always, it’s tick season, so long pants, socks, and sturdy shoes are recommended. Bring your own gloves, hat, and water, and be sure to use bug spray. Use our tools or bring your own. Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. 

PLEASE BE SURE NOT TO BLOCK MAILBOXES OR DRIVEWAYS WHEN PARKING ON THE CUL DE SAC.

If you sign up here, we will be able to notify you in case we have to reschedule due to weather. 

Directions:

From Crozet Park: Continue east on Park Road through Westhall continuing past Westhall Drive. Take the next right onto Nicolet Court. The trail is marked by a sign on the left side of the road.

On Saturday we will meet in Western Ridge to work on the trail out towards Lickinghole Basin and to clear an area around a beautiful tree which will be highlighted by the Trails Crew and Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards. We need people who can prune and trim with hand tools, as well as people willing to operate trimmers and (maybe) mowers.

COME WHEN YOU CAN, LEAVE WHEN YOU MUST. We’re very flexible that way!

Meet at the trailhead at Fairwinds Lane (directions below or use 922 Fairwinds Lane in your GPS) at 9 a.m. If you need to come later, head left down the trail to find us. As always, it’s tick season, so long pants, socks, and sturdy shoes are recommended. Bring your own gloves, hat, and water, and be sure to use bug spray. Use our tools or bring your own. Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.

PLEASE BE SURE NOT TO BLOCK MAILBOXES OR DRIVEWAYS WHEN PARKING ON THE CUL DE SAC.

If you sign up here, we will be able to notify you in case we have to reschedule due to weather.

Directions:

From downtown Crozet: Take Three Notch’d Road towards Charlottesville. Turn right on Park Ridge Drive (at the Sentara medical office). After the bridge over the train tracks, turn left on Lake Tree Lane, then take the third right on to Fairwinds. Park at the end of the cul de sac.

From Crozet Park: Continue east on Park Road through Westhall to Westhall Drive. Turn left, then the first left onto Eastern Ave. Continue on Eastern Avenue to near the end, then turn right on Park Ridge Drive. Just before the bridge over the train tracks, turn right onto Lake Tree Lane, then take the third right on to Fairwinds. Park at the end of the cul de sac.

Here’s the “& MORE”

Lots of announcements in our latest email. If you didn’t get it, and want to see other ways to help out, you can look at it here. You’ll find how to join in the Independence Day parade, how to help the Trails Crew if you can’t do work days, and a map for walking to/from the Independence Day celebration at Crozet Park.

As Crozet Park continues its efforts to encourage people to walk and bike, they are looking at the access points into the park from surrounding neighborhoods. We will help out by improving the short social trail from Myrtle Street into the park. Meet at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, to help with leveling the area, laying down timber edging, and spreading and tamping gravel. The materials will be delivered adjacent to the work site, so for once there won’t be a lot of rolling wheelbarrows up and down hills.

 Please sign up here so we know who’s coming, and can get in touch in case weather makes us change.

Directions: Meet at the CTC shed behind the Community Building at Crozet Park. If driving, come through the main entrance then go to the left around the pool and head straight back to the far parking lot. Please do not park on Hilltop St or Indigo Rd.

It’s time for our almost annual spring cleaning of the Henley Hornets Trail in Beaver Creek Park. This winter’s storms have brought down some trees and branches, and there will be brambles and brush to cut back. Many people are surprised there’s a trail at Beaver Creek; if that includes you, consider this an opportunity to find a new place to explore!

We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the small parking lot above the dam, to the right of Browns Gap Turnpike (directions below). Long pants and sleeves, sturdy shoes, and work gloves strongly recommended. Also, bug spray! We will have tools or you can bring your own. Come when you can, leave when you must. Check our Facebook page after 8 that morning for rescheduling if the weather looks iffy.

Directions:
From Crozet go east (toward Charlottesville) on Three Notch’d Rd past the water treatment plant. Turn left on Old Three Notch’d Road. At the end, take a sharp left onto Brown’s Gap Turnpike. Cross dam and parking is in the lot immediately on the right. Trail entrance is at the bottom of the opposite side of the dam.

Our October work day is coming up! On Saturday, October 16, we will prepare the length of the Crozet Connector Trail for our annual 5K trail run the next Saturday.

Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Trails Crew shed in Crozet Park (directions below). Be prepared to break up into smaller groups that may be sent to various sections of the trail with your tools to address specific problem areas. The focus of this work day is to get the trail in its best possible condition – primarily trimming back brambles and branches in places that tend to get overgrown, and using the string trimmer on places the mowers don’t reach.

If we can get a good turnout, this won’t take us too long! Long pants and sleeves recommended, as well as work gloves and a hat. Carry your own water. Bring your own tools or use ours. Don’t forget your bug spray!

Sign up here is optional, but it lets us get in touch with you if we need to make changes due to weather. Come even if you haven’t signed up!

Directions: Enter Crozet Park from Park Road. Take the internal road to the left of the swimming pool to the back of the parking area where the basketball nets are set up. Please park away from the basketball courts so kids can still play. Meet at the small storage shed adjacent to the white Community Center (formerly Radio Building).

It’s time to beat back the summer’s growth on the trail from Chesterfield Landing to Lickinghole Creek. We will be using loppers, pruners, string trimmers and maybe a saw or two to widen and freshen up the trail we opened up last fall. We may also work on the beginning of a trail from the creek up towards Sparrow Hill. Everyone is welcome! Come when you can and leave when you must.

Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the trail entrance in Chesterfield Landing, across the street from 5436 Oxbow Drive. Please be careful not to block mailboxes or driveways!

Wear sturdy shoes and BUG SPRAY! Long pants and sleeves recommended. Bring your own water, and plenty of it. We have tools, or bring your own favorites if you prefer. We should be done in approximately 2 hours.

Sign up is not required, but if you do, we can get in touch with you if needed for a change in weather or other unforeseen circumstance. Sign up here.