Region
Boardwalk miles, maritime forest singletrack, and one of the flattest running cities in the state.
Virginia Beach is the easiest place in Virginia to build a running habit: a continuous oceanfront boardwalk, a paved bike path beside it, and a set of state park trails minutes inland. First Landing State Park adds cypress swamp and maritime forest routes that feel nothing like the oceanfront, and False Cape rewards anyone willing to walk a long, remote approach.
Running
Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach
A continuous three-mile oceanfront promenade with a separate paved bike path — Virginia's most-used running surface.
Surface: Paved
Trail running
Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach
A wide crushed-shell and paved multi-use route through First Landing State Park's maritime forest.
Surface: Crushed stone, Sand, Paved
Walking
Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach
A short interpretive loop through blackwater swamp on boardwalk and soft forest floor.
Surface: Boardwalk, Dirt, Sand
Trail running
Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach
Roughly 20 miles of interconnected maritime forest, dune, and swamp trails on the Chesapeake Bay.
Surface: Sand, Dirt, Boardwalk
Running
Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach
Paved lakeside loops with the only meaningful hill repeats in central Virginia Beach.
Surface: Paved
Hiking
Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach
Remote barrier-island walking reached only on foot, by bike, or by tram through Back Bay refuge.
Surface: Sand, Dirt