The Central Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects awarded its 2006 Chapter Citation to the Rivanna Trails Foundation "for developing, constructing and protecting more than twenty miles of an urban foot trail system which follows the watershed of the Rivanna River and its tributaries and allows for pedestrian hikers to circle the City of Charlottesville."

Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine's 2006 Readers' Choice Awards lists the Rivanna Trail at #9 in the Top Ten Favorite Running Trails category.

"National designation boosts image of Rivanna Trail", article by Jake Mooney, Charlottesville Daily Pogress, June 1, 2002.

"Ring around the city", article by David A Maurer, Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 30, 2002.

"Head and trails above the rest", article by Anne Causey, Charlottesville Daily Progress, March 10, 2002.

"Rivanna Trails Near Completion", exerpt from article by Mark Lorenzoni, Charlottesville Daily Progress, September 15, 2001.

"Trails Day Leads Every Which Way", article on National Trails Day 2000, by Bryan McKenzie, Charlottesville Daily Progress, June 7, 2000.

AHS National Trails Endowment Profile, "American Hiker", June/July 1999

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