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The Rivanna Loop Trail is maintained by volunteers that are part of the
Their mission is to promote, create, and protect pathways, trails, and greenways in the Rivanna River Watershed that connect communities and people to one another and to nature. This organization is supported solely by tax-deductible contributions.
This trail is about 90% not on roads. The RTF is constantly working to change that. So there may be future updates that change the length of this trail. Because of this, mikecalabrese.com and Mike Calabrese are not responsible for any errors, ommissions or issues encountered on this trail.
I’m in the process of section hiking this trail and, as of 11/27/2024, have done about 70% of it. It’s a nice trail that goes around the very nice city of Charlottesville, VA. Check it out and enjoy.
11/27/2024- The code for these 13 trail distance calculators was originally written for linear trails. However, the Rivanna Loop Trail is not linear. The way that the code works is that there are ordered pairs for each point in the app. The ordered pairs consist of the point name and the distance from the start point. For this app, the start point is Start, Riverview Park Kiosk, 0.0. And the end point is End, Riverview Park Kiosk, 21.5. The distances increase counterclockwise as one goes around the loop. The distance calculator takes distance A , subtracts it from distance B and outputs the absolute value of the result.
This code works great for linear trails. However, with loop trails, if one chooses a value that is within the original loop, then chooses a value that is past End, Riverview Park Kiosk, 21.5, they will only get the absolute value of the distance between their original value and End, Riverview Park Kiosk, 21.5.
For example, I have, as of 11/27/2024, hiked the RT from Barracks RD to VFW Field counter clockwise. In reality, the distance is14.9 miles counter clockwise. However, since the distance goes past End, Riverview Park Kiosk, the distance calculator computes the distance clockwise, which results in 6.6 miles. So until I figure out how to correct this, if you hike a distance that goes past End, Riverview Park Kiosk, you will have to get the distance from the original point to End, Riverview Park kiosk, write it down, then get the distance from Start, Riverview Park Kiosk, to your end point, write it down, then add the two distances together.
