Summers Cottage



The Martha Washington Inn  (a.k.a. The Martha) offers  the "Creeper Trail Express".  The air conditioned Express will pick you and your party up at Summers Cottage, take you up to Whitetop Mountain,  and deliver you back to Summers Cottage after your leisurely 17 mile bike trip down the Trail.  The service can provide bikes, helmets, water, and lunch.   Please go to www.themartha.com/creeper-trail for more information or call the Front Desk at 276.628.3161 for reservations.

The Virginia Creeper Trail Bike Shop, located three blocks from Summers Cottage and 100 yards from the start of the Trail, provides bike rentals and shuttle service.  Please go to www.vacreepertrailbikeshop.com/ or call  888.245.3648 for more information or reservations.

White Blaze Outdoors                 Provides educational hiking and biking  tours.  https://whiteblazeoutdoors.com/

For a complete listing of all the shuttle services please go to www.vacreepertrail.org/rentals

    Biking the Virginia Creeper Trail (see "The Creeper Trail")is a unique personal and family experience.  The 17 mile, mostly downhill, trip from Green Cove Station on Whitetop Mountain to Damascus, Virginia runs through  Mount Rodgers National Forest.  There are mountain streams filled with trout, scenic views, beautiful trees and plants, over 30 wooden railroad tressles, and photographic opportunites around each turn. 

     Seasoned bikers may want to complete the 34 mile trip all the way back to Abingdon.

     Summers Cottage has a bike barn on the property where you can store and lock your bike.

      Please take a camera and if anyone in your party is prone to motion sickness advise them to take medication.  The trip up to Whitetop is 35 miles from Abingdon and most of it is winding mountain roads.

      The official website of the Trail is www.vacreepertrail.org