Boating & Kayaking

Address 24909 Ferndale Rd.
Dinwiddie, VA 23803
(804) 861-1666

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This beautiful park is a popular destination for hiking (3 miles of Canal trail), bird watching, canoeing, kayaking, and whitewater rafting. There is a fishing pier, natural shoreline, play equipment for children, a picnic shelter, and there is a gravel Canal kayak launch area. Plenty of parking.

Detailed information: https://outpostrichmond.com/blogs/news/exploring-the-appomattox-river-trail/

Address 151 Archer Avenue
Colonial Heights, VA 23834, USA

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This 14 acre park offers open space, river bank fishing and a natural kayak/canoe launch.

Address 800 Folar Trail N
Hopewell, VA 23860

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Over 65 acres of pristine woods on the river features over 3 miles of hiking trails, including a section of the Appomattox River Trail, fishing pier, bird watching, picnic pavilions, a canoe/kayak launch, an observation pier, fitness trail and restrooms.

Address 24909 Ferndale Road
Petersburg, VA 23803, USA

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The Appomattox Riverside Park (also known as Ferndale Park) is a popular destination for bird-watching, canoeing, fishing, and whitewater rafting. Amenities: 1.5 mile canal trail, a section of the Appomattox River Trail, playground, water and trail access, canal kayak launch (gravel), picnic shelters, and a fishing pier and natural shoreline.

Address 301 Charles H Dimmock Pkwy
Colonial Heights, VA 23834

The Colonial Heights Appomattox River Trail is an open space corridor along the Appomattox River from Roslyn Landing Park to the western city boundary, approximately two miles in length. The trail is hard-surfaced for passive and active users, and includes: picnic tables & benches, gazebo, fishing areas, small boat & canoe launch at Roslyn Landing Park, and spur trails and linkages to beautiful points of interest.

It’s a great place to enjoy nature along the river. Open dawn to dusk.

Address 303 Beacon Ridge Drive
Hopewell, VA 23860, USA
(804) 541-6200

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Address 1604 Fine Street
Prince George, VA 23875, USA
(804) 536-1200

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Address 205 Appomattox Street
Hopewell, VA, USA

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The Appomattox River is a popular destination for whitewater rafting, canoeing, fishing, bird watching, hiking, walking and boating. It flows from Lake Chesdin through the region and joins the James River at Hopewell, where the two rivers once served as the pathway for early English settlers into Virginia, and became the largest port in the nation during the Civil War.

The Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) has developed a series of Blueways (navigable water) and Greenways (hiking trails) that reveal the beauty of the Appomattox River.

Various locations. Visit https://folar-va.org/ for access points.

Address 1052 River Road
Prince George, VA 23875, USA
(804) 458-6164

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Address 4550 Flowerdew Hundred Rd.
Prince George, VA 23860
(804) 829-9020

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Reconnect with the great outdoors on this beautiful property that is great for wildlife viewing taking you through marshes and hardwood forests. Every day the Powell Creek Trail is open from sunrise to sunset offering up 1.5 miles that meanders along freshwater marshes and tidally influenced creeks. You will see beautiful flowers, bald eagles, osprey, great blue herons, mammals, amphibians and invertebrates. There are also observation platforms and interpretive signs.

You will need to call the office for hunting or canoeing/kayaking permits. There are white-tailed deer hunting seasons for archery, muzzleloaders and shotguns by permit.

Guided canoe tours are offered in the spring and fall and the Great Backyard Bird Count is held in February.

Address 441 Coxendale Road
Chester VA 32831
(804) 318-8735

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Address 1051 West Riverside Avenue
Hopewell VA 23860
(804) 541-2353

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Address 101 Jordan Point Rd.
Hopewell, VA 23860
(804) 458-3398

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The marina is a 5-acre property that includes 100 boat slips, Crabby Mike’s restaurant, a pool, and boats to test drive for purchase. Check calendar for upcoming events.

Address 713 Sutherland Road
Church Road, VA 23833, USA
(804) 265-9000

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Address Rolfe Street
Petersburg, VA 23803, USA

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Pocahontas Island, actually a peninsula, was originally platted in 1749. Once a warehouse and wharf-filled urban landscape, it is where the first enslaved Africans were brought to work. In the 19th century, Pocahontas became a Freedom Colony, the first predominately free black settlement in Virginia and by 1860, one of the largest in the nation. The Pocahontas Island Black History Museum is an amazing collection of artifacts collected by John Stewart, who was born on Pocahontas Island in 1943 and known as The Mayor of Pocahontas. On the National Register of Historic Places. Museum (225 Witten St.) open by appointment. There is a public park with picnic shelter, 0.5 miles of the Appomattox River Trail and a natural canoe/kayak launch.

Address 265 Charles H Dimmock Parkway
Colonial Heights, VA 23834, USA

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This park has a ramp for launching small boats and a pier for fishing and is the trailhead for the 1.5-mile paved trail of the Colonial Heights section
of the Appomattox River Trail. Picnic shelters and porta-johns are available.

Address 2700 Sutherland Road
Sutherland, VA 23885, USA
(804) 265-5252

Address 400 White Bank Road
Colonial Heights, VA 23834, USA

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The park consists of 22 acres which overlook Swift Creek, and is located across from Tussing Elementary School. The park includes two picnic pavilions which accommodate 200 ‐ 300 people each, 8 individual picnic shelters for smaller groups, restrooms, 18-hole disc golf course, beach volleyball court, boat ramp, fishing pier and public playground.

Address 21900 Lake Chesdin Parkway
Chesterfield, VA 23838, USA

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Lake Chesdin is a 3,100-acre water supply reservoir on the Chesterfield-Dinwiddie County line. It is administered by the Appomattox
River Water Authority. Lake Chesdin offers excellent largemouth bass and catfish fishing and good crappie fishing in the spring and fall. The park
has two fishing piers, one handicapped accessible and a canoe/kayak boat slide. Site open 24 hours a day.

Address 8629 River Road
South Chesterfield, Petersburg, VA 23803, USA

Address 21501 Chesdin Road
South Chesterfield, VA 23803, USA
(804) 748-1624

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