Mike Yavorsky at Belmont food shop

Came here to say this, was out there a little bit ago.

Definitely Pony Pasture and the connected Wetlands trails!

Robious Landing is right along the river and relatively flat! There’s one slight hill about halfway through the main trail but if you keep to the inner trail loops, you can avoid it.

Dutch Gap has a long gravel loop along the river south & east of town so it is super flat

Malvern Hill is very flat too

Pony Pasture

Came here to recommend Pony Pasture. Very limited/spotty cell service in there, just a heads up! I always drop my location and give a time frame to friends/family before hitting the loop (it’s about 2mi).

If you feel like heading north of the city, Poor Farm Park just outside of Ashland has a ton of trails. There’s also the old Richmond trolley path which is a pretty unique part of Richmond history and a bunch of other small parks in an around Ashland more generally. Great small town vibes, quiet parks and good food. Perfect for a local day trip!

Dutch Gap - https://www.chesterfield.gov/DutchGap

Bryan Park - https://www.rva.gov/parks-recreation/bryan-park

Three Lakes - https://henrico.us/rec/places/three-lakes/

All are pretty flat with paved or gravel paths, lots of woods, and generally quiet. A portion of the Bryan Park path is near 64/95 and it occasionally has events on weekends.

Tuckahoe Creek Park!

Ancarrow's Landing towards the Slave Trail.
Park at Rocket's Landing and walk towards downtown.
On the west end, Tuckahoe Creek Park is a boardwalk over a marshy area. Completely flat.

Especially if you take the Wetlands entrance, I rarely see more than a handful of people. The Reedy Creek trail is usually pretty quiet too, and is pretty much completely flat for most of the way.

Three Lakes Park and Deep Run Park in Henrico

Pony pasture and Huguenot flat water are probably the most obvious choice for you. I wouldn’t say that it is super quiet, but the park is right by the river and is mostly made up of a dirt/fine gravel path with pretty much no elevation change. If you venture off the main trail it does become significantly less trafficked.

Belle Isle is pretty flat, but it's a very popular trail so "quiet" is probably not how I would describe it

Abraham Bowman single barrel out of Fredericksburg. Belle isle is unaged corn whiskey and shouldn't be compared to any bourbon, however.

Boy am I dumb… I thought you were suggesting to wash the glass with the moonshine bc it’ll complement the bourbon🤦🏽‍♀️

I bought a bottle of that stuff pre pandemic and have been nursing it ever since. It gives me a terrible headache after just one drink :(

Kopper Kettle at Belmont Distillery is great and affordable

OP thought it was funny, so whatever

Midlothian Athletic Club, formerly Robious Sports and fitness has a steam room next to the sauna room and showers in the Men’s locker room

Chef/owner used to be the chef up at Detente in Edgartown. Good place. I wouldn't say exceptional, but very good. bistro done well

Conejo is very solid. A little bit better and it could be great. Doesn't quite make it for some reason.

But no matter, like Cocodrilo they will be filled in that location almost no matter what they do. So much unmet demand. At least unlike Cocodrilo, which is pretty bad, Conejo is good

I haven't been. The pictures looked pretty.

pinkys is a nice place, but doesn't belong on this list. Blue atlas has killed it, keep forgetting about that place