Venture 8: PAINTBALL! at ZwackerZ



If your bored with doing your usual thing around Farmville one weekend and want to venture out to a new place to do something fun, why not take a day trip to ZwackerZ to paintball. This place is about a 30 minute drive (23 miles) and has places to shoot outside and inside. The location is on a property with alot of land has a country scenery ideal for running around and shooting paintball. It's tons of fun if the weather's nice. They have an indoor speedball field, an outdoor speedball field, a brush field, a barn for scenario play, and a hostage rescue/S.W.A.T. building. They have all of the rental equipment available that you'll need, snacks and drinks, and a picnic area.

When to go:
They are open on Sundays from 10AM-5PM, open on some Saturdays, and by appointment on weekdays. However, on Saturday and weekdays you must schedule for groups of ten or more and contact ZwackerZ at anna@zwackerz.com or (434)983-3259 to make arrangements.
If your involved with any organizations on campus or like planning events or parties for friends, they're also willing to host these things as well and will work with you to schedule a time.
Their home website below includes more information about the place and their pricing
http://www.zwackerz.com/Home_Page.html

Directions: (Coming from Griffin Blvd. to ZwackerZ at 1807 S. Constitution Rte, Dillwyn, VA 23936 )

1. Head west on Griffin Blvd toward Appomattox St
2. Continue onto Oak St
3. Turn left at W 3rd St. for about 3.5 mi
4. Take the U.S. 15 N S ramp to Culpeper for 0.1 mi
5. Merge onto US-15 N for 17.9 mi
6. Turn left at S Constitution Route/VA-20 N for 1.8 mi
7. Turn left at Rd A

Zwacker Z will be on the left

Venture 7: Take a Hike The Cold Mountain/ Mount Pleasant Hike


If you'd like to take a day trip on a really nice day, this trail isn't to far away and well worth the ride it takes to get there. The view of the mountain range is amazing and will take your breath away.It's a nice place to hike to with a boyfriend or girlfriend and have a picnic or something when you get to the top. This particular trail is about an hour and a half away from farmville.

The directions to the trail are below:

-From Oak St. in Farmville-turn left at W 3rd St(US-15 BUS N/US-460 BUS W)
-Continue to follow US-15 BUS N/US-460 BUS W for 3.3 mi
-Take the U.S. 15 N S ramp to Culpeper for 0.1 mi
-Merge onto US-15 N for 16.5 mi
-Turn left at W James Anderson Hwy (US-60 W)
-Continue to follow US-60 W (36.2 mi)
-At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Lexington Turnpike( US-60 W)for 17.7 mi
-Turn right at Coffeytown Rd (State Route 634)
-Destination will be on the right (39 ft)
-Go northeast on Coffeytown Rd/State Route 634 toward Ramsey Hollow for 1.6 mi
-Then take a Slight right at Wiggins Spring Rd (State Route 755)
-Continue to follow Wiggins Spring Rd
-Hiking Trail will be on the left

Venture 6: High Bridge Trail State Park

This is a nice trail to go on if you enjoy site-seeing, hiking or biking, and it's only located about 10 minutes down River Road when turning off of Main St. in Farmville. The Bridge was built in 1854 and had significance to the Civil War. Both the Unions and Confederates tried to set the bridge on fire at one point and the Confederates succeeded. The bridge is still there and they've built this trail to accommodate it, however the only downfall is that the actual bridge is in poor condition and gates have been put up to block access from walking on it. I think that having access to the bridge would definitely enhance the quality and experience of this walking trail and plans for this are in the making. Ric Losey, a member of the Virginia Biking Federation spoke with Park director Hougland, who explained that High Bridge itself has been made a separate project with it’s own funding. A $2 million federal grant aimed at developing the area made this possible and Hougland said that he expects this to be done 18 months from now.