About the Mendota Trail

The Deed to the "Mendota Trail" WAS held by
Mountain Heritage Inc./ Mendota Trail Conservancy Inc.
P.O. Box 1210
Saint Paul, Virginia 24283

Telephone (276) 762-2201
Fax (276 762-5593
Contact email -

In late 2020 the deed was transfered to the new:

The Mendota Trail Conservancy Inc.
P.O. Box 1322
Bristol, Virginia 24203

Telephone (276)
Fax
Contact email -info@MendotaTrail.org
in the works (Non-profit 501(C)3 status applied for but has not been established YET)

DEED of CONVEYANCE, RULES, RESTRICTIONS February 28, 2017
Quit Claim Deed Bristol, Va transfer to M.H.I. 2016
Judge Lowe Opinion 2007: Reversion of ROW to former landowner only applied if Railroad was not completed.
M.H.I. Non Profit document
Downloadable Approximate Location PDF Map

Washington County iGIS map: property lines and owner information
[using 2011 (winter) Aerial Imagery under Map Layers gives the best view of trail and trestles]



RAILROAD Right of Way

Property Issues & Abandoment

working on the railroad
railway-right-of-way-easements
congressional research




Last update September 17, 2021