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VB Parks & Recreation has posted the findings of a study for enhancing environmentally friendly visitor access to Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (BBNWR) and False Cape State Park. All interested citizens are encouraged to review the study and provide feedback by taking this short survey.

58 responses on forum


Which best describes you? (Check all that apply)

Response Percent Response Count
Year-round resident of Virginia Beach 93.1% 54
Seasonal resident 6.9% 4
Recreational group 1.7% 1
Business owner 6.9% 4
Other 5.2% 3

Do you live in Sandbridge?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 15.5% 9
No 84.5% 49

How often do you visit the Refuge? (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Daily 1.7% 1
Weekly 13.8% 8
Monthly 39.7% 23
Yearly 39.7% 23
Never 5.2% 3

How often do you visit False Cape State Park? (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Weekly 5.2% 3
Monthly 31.0% 18
Yearly 50.0% 29
Never 13.8% 8

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Back Bay Refuge Trail: Lago Mar to Sandbridge. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Daily 20.7% 12
Weekly 32.8% 19
Monthly 15.5% 9
Yearly 10.3% 6
Never 20.7% 12

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Back Bay Refuge Trail: Sandpiper Bike Lanes. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Daily 8.6% 5
Weekly 24.1% 14
Monthly 29.3% 17
Yearly 15.5% 9
Never 22.4% 13

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Back Bay Refuge Trail Alternative: Sandfiddler Road. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Daily 6.9% 4
Weekly 24.1% 14
Monthly 24.1% 14
Yearly 19.0% 11
Never 25.9% 15

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Sigma Trail along Sandbridge Road. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Daily 6.9% 4
Weekly 15.5% 9
Monthly 24.1% 14
Yearly 13.8% 8
Never 39.7% 23

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Shuttle: future Contact Station to existing Visitor Contact Station. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Weekly 5.2% 3
Monthly 10.3% 6
Yearly 34.5% 20
Never 50.0% 29

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Water Access: Any of the canoe/ kayak launch sites. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Weekly 8.6% 5
Monthly 24.1% 14
Yearly 29.3% 17
Never 37.9% 22

How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Water Taxi: From shore to shore in a pontoon boat. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Monthly 13.8% 8
Yearly 44.8% 26
Never 41.4% 24

Which canoe/ kayak launch sites are you most likely to use? (Check all that apply)

Response Percent Response Count
Barbour Hill (in False Cape State Park) 17.2% 10
Existing Visitor Contact Station (in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge) 34.5% 20
Future Visitor Contact Station (at Sandbridge Road and New Bridge Road) 58.6% 34
Horn Point 17.2% 10
Lovitt’s Landing (along Muddy Creek Road) 17.2% 10
Mill Landing 19.0% 11
Princess Anne Wildlife Management Area 20.7% 12

If these access alternatives were available, how often would you visit the Refuge or State Park? (Check one)

Response Percent Response Count
Daily 8.6% 5
Weekly 34.5% 20
Monthly 34.5% 20
Yearly 15.5% 9
Never 6.9% 4

Please provide any additional feedback below:

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Brian Mohl inside Princess Anne
December 5, 2015, 1:01 PM
  • Which best describes you? (Check all that apply)
    • Year-round resident of Virginia Beach
  • Do you live in Sandbridge?
    • No
  • How often do you visit the Refuge? (Check one)
    • Monthly
  • How often do you visit False Cape State Park? (Check one)
    • Yearly
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Back Bay Refuge Trail: Lago Mar to Sandbridge. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Daily
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Back Bay Refuge Trail: Sandpiper Bike Lanes. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Never
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Back Bay Refuge Trail Alternative: Sandfiddler Road. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Yearly
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Sigma Trail along Sandbridge Road. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Never
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Shuttle: future Contact Station to existing Visitor Contact Station. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Yearly
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Water Access: Any of the canoe/ kayak launch sites. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Yearly
  • How often would you or someone from your household use this alternative? Water Taxi: From shore to shore in a pontoon boat. Refer to Master Plan map. (Check one)
    • Never
  • Which canoe/ kayak launch sites are you most likely to use? (Check all that apply)
    • Future Visitor Contact Station (at Sandbridge Road and New Bridge Road)
  • If these access alternatives were available, how often would you visit the Refuge or State Park? (Check one)
    • Daily
  • Please provide any additional feedback below:
    I would be walking or riding my bike through the park almost every day on the Back Bay Refuge Trail from Lago Mar to Sandbridge. So excited for that! Heard a great idea to get funding by making a one lane road using the Lago Mar to Sandbridge trail route. It would be for recreational use on an everyday basis, but opened as an evacuation route from Sandbridge in emergencies.
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