The award-winning City of Lynchburg Department of Parks and Recreation offers so much: 17 parks, with organized and open areas for recreation, picnicking, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, and children’s play, over 40 miles of trails that wind through Lynchburg, & 9 recreation centers, which support planned group programs, birthdays, baby showers, community meetings, and more! They offer classes and programs year-round including camps for basketball, soccer, tennis, and more.

Clemmons Lake at Ivy Creek Park offers canoe and kayak rentals for adults and kids for a fee, as well as fishing access!

Riveredge Park, just across the 5th street bridge from Downtown Lynchburg offers boat access to the James River, as well as an outdoor climbing spot for experienced climbers (established 2018).

JRA offers canoes, kayaks, tubes, batteaus and instruction.

Climb, discover and connect at Central Virginia’s premier indoor rock climbing gym and outdoor guide service. Rise Up Climbing is in downtown Lynchburg.

Buy, rent, repair, or ride a bike at Bikes Unlimited.

The Lynchburg College Bike Shack is a fully-equipped, no-or-low cost community bike repair shop.

Dire Wolf is a USA Cycling Club/Team focused on events in Virginia, D.C and North Carolina with members racing in Mens, Womens and Junior categories of Road, Mountain and Cyclocross races.

GLOC is a club that invites you to get hooked up with other riders in the Lynchburg area, be involved with trail improvements and maintenance, as well as social events, group rides, community outreach and lots more!

LAB (Lynchburg Area Bikers) youth mountain biking is an outreach program of Greater Lynchburg Off-road Cycling. LAB works to get more kids (ages 9 and up) out on the trails. The team competes in the NICA and the VAHS race series.

Scene 3 is an independent skateboard and bicycle shop located in historic downtown Lynchburg Va.

Central Virginia Ballet’s Academic Program is a 40-­week, 4-­session, professional ballet program for youths 3 to 18 years. CVB’s primary focus is the professional training of ballet technique and artistry from pre-­ballet to pre-­professional.

DanceLynchburg, a 501c3 non-profit organization, aims to provide to anyone - without regard to financial, cultural or any other barrier that may discourage or limit a student - an enthusiasm for the arts of dance through classes, discipline, cultural awareness, and excellence! They offer options for kids and adults.

Dancing with Lynchburg since 1939, Seven Hills Dance Studio has taught hundreds of students how to point, shuffle, pirouette, and leap, all with style and grace, and of course, all while having fun! They offer a variety of dance class choices for ages 3 – 18 as well as select master classes, workshops, and summer intensives. Classes follow a comprehensive program from September – May each year culminating in a spring recital giving students the opportunity to perform in a professional grade production.

Red Shoes Dance Academy offers classes children of all ages, adults (including wedding dance private lessons).

Virginia Dance Studio offers yoga classes, ballroom dancing classes for beginners and intermediates, as well as private lessons and wedding bootcamp!

The Piedmont Virginia Geocaching Association is a loose-knit group of Geocachers who live in or visit the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Cities in this region include Lynchburg, Charlottesville, and Danville, and their surrounding counties.

Dynamic Gymnastics, dedicated to children’s fitness and well-being, offers a variety of recreational classes, which include various levels of Girls Gymnastics, Tumbling, Trampoline & Tumbling, Ninja, Preschool, and Homeschool. Additionally, they offer Women's Gymnastics, Trampoline & Tumbling, Ninja, and Cheer Teams.

Pure Gymnastics has a 14,000 sq. ft. fully equipped gymnastics facility that offers recreational and competitive gymnastics and tumbling for children ages 12 months and up in recreational and competitive team classes that run year round. They also offer activities such as Parents Night Out, Open Gym, Camps, Clinics, Birthday Parties and Field Trips.

Elite Athletics in Forest offers gymnastics, tumbling, cheerleading, trampoline/tumbling, and ninja classes with accomodations for homeschoolers and kids with special needs.

La Haye Ice Center : Liberty University hosts the only indoor ice rink in Lynchburg, open skate sessions are popular with all ages all year long.

Blue Ridge Martial Arts Academy in Forest offers training for children and adults

The Edge studio includes Gracie Jiu Jitsu, Junior Martial Arts, Muay Thai kickboxing and Flipping 4 Fitness tumbling for all ages.

FEKS Martial Arts Center offers kickboxing, FEKS MMA, Krav Maga, karate for kids, teens, and adults.

The Jamerson Family YMCA offers Kempo Karate and Jiu-Jitsu classes for kids (5-12), teens and adults who want to learn a proven self defense system, gain newfound confidence, and get in the absolute best shape of their life!

The Renaissance Academy of Martial Arts studio in Downtown Lynchburg offers classes for all ages from children to seasoned adults including Kids Karate, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Total Self Defense Training, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Wrestling, & Krav Maga

Forest SuperKicks has classes in American Freestyle Karate for kids as young as 3.

Iron and Grace offers Pilates, barre, TRX, & Kettebell classes as well as private lessons.

Rewind Pilates offers fitness and private pilates training.

James River Yoga offers Yoga for all levels (including Chair Yoga), Tai Chi, Meditation, and Pilates. Classes are limited to 10 people during the pandemic. Drops ins are welcome. Please email Nancy at NALLENESQ@GMAIL.COM to sign up for the FREE COMMUNITY CLASS on Friday nights.

Peakland Studio has classes in a variety of formats including Pilates Equipment, Pilates Mat, TRX, Dance, Barre and Balletone.

Urban Body Studio offers pilates classes in Bedford. Free 30 minute trial class.

The YMCA offers yoga and pilates classes as well as a variety of fitness equipment and opportunities for fitness training.

Funquest offers indoor rollerskating as well as laser tag, a video game arcade, a climbing jungle gym for kids, and birthday parties.

Girls on the Run offers a unique program focused on building social, emotional and physical skills for girls in grades 3-8.

For 30 years, Lynchburg Road Runners has been promoting fitness through competitive races and fun runs. Membership is open to all ages and abilities. Our club is a proud member of the Road Runners Club of America.

Riverside Runners is a specialty running and walking store dedicated to products that excite people about movement, community, and healthy living as well as expert advice about training. Riverside Runners helps sponsor multiple running events throughout the year to continue to make our community an award-winning Runner Friendly City since 2013!

Central Virginia United Soccer seeks to provide top quality soccer opportunities to players (girls & boys ages 5-18) in our local and surrounding communities. The Central Virginia Regional Soccer Complex is just a few minutes from downtown, off Campbell Highway.

Lynchburg Soccer Mania has indoor soccer for kids and adults at the Thomas Indoor Soccer Center at Liberty University

YMCA soccer is available in the fall and spring for members and nonmembers.

At Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, you can go skiing/snowboarding/tubing year-round thanks to the synthetic terrain technology that was the first such facility in the US! Rentals available.

Crosswhite Athletic Club includes five air-conditioned and heated indoor tennis courts, The Spa at Crosswhite, indoor/outdoor all purpose heated pavilion, a full size gym used for Crosswhite Fitness, and a Membership Gym.

Cornerstone Fitness exists to promote health and wellness in the community of Lynchburg by offering 24/7 access to our facility, a welcoming and judgement-free environment, affordable personal training, and a variety of group exercise classes to motivate, encourage, and challenge our members to be their healthiest and happiest self.

CrossFit is a fitness program designed around the things you do in the real world. Every day, you bend down and pick things up, you put things over your head, you squat down, you stand up, you run after your kids or jump over a puddle. CrossFit prepares you for all that and then some, by performing those exact movements in their workouts.

Snap Fitness is a national franchise with a location in Lynchburg. Snap Fitness provides unique, innovative and affordable workouts to inspire our members around the world.

FitEx is an evidence-based, 8-week online program to promote physical activity and fruit & vegetable tracking. FitEx is inclusive of all people, including those with a range of physical and intellectual abilities. Fee is limited to $2

Bikram Yoga classes are 90 minutes long and take place in a room heated to 105 degrees with 40 percent humidity. The heat improves flexibility and increases the number of calories burned in each session!

Mindful Mountain Yoga offers a holistic approach to health and well-being through movement and mindful awareness. This studio welcomes every ability level. Beginners encouraged. Veterans may practice in group classes for free. Private classes are happening in Charlottesville and Amherst at home and business locations only. COVID-19 precautions have suspended our regular group studio classes until further notice.

Led by the energetic and inclusive Leslie Davis, Yoga Goodness hopes to inspire participants to have a positive relationship with their bodies. As a “new normal”, Yoga Goodness is now offering virtual classes via Zoom for every body.

Learn Tai Chi from Matthew Miller at the East West Center. First class is free. Matthew lived in China for nine years, where he learned Tai Chi from Master Chen Longxiang , a fifth generation heir to the authentic Yang Style Tai Chi lineage, & was authorized to teach Tai Chi in the West. In China, Matthew also earned his medical degree from the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, specializing in acupuncture.

Peaks & Creeks is a group of avid disc golfers looking to progress the sport in the greater Lynchburg area.

Fit and Strong is a FREE local Parks & Rec program specially designed for older adults with osteoarthritis to improve movement, strength, balance, flexibility and challenges. If you have not been exercising, but are ready to get moving again, this is the class for you. This evidence based class, funded by Centra Foundation, will help participants maintain an independent lifestyle.

CVACL offers multiple activity classes for seniors.

Randolph College has a 9-hole disc golf course that is open to the public for no fee.

Humankind (formerly the Presbyterian Home) offers a hilly 9-hole course open to the public for no fee.

There are disc golf courses open to the public for free at Peaks View Park, Sandusky Park, and Heritage Park.

LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA, a small-group program developed and established in partnership with the LIVESTRONG® Foundation, assists those who are living with, through, or beyond cancer to strengthen their spirit, mind, and body. This 12-week program with two 90-minute sessions per week is open to adults 18 years or older at NO COST.

Rock Steady Boxing is a special class designed for people battling Parkinson’s disease through non-contact, boxing-inspired fitness training. With this program, you can build impressive power, strength, flexibility, and speed! By exercising with coaches who know the ropes, you can fight your way out of the corner and start to feel and function better.

The YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program is specifically for adults who have "pre-diabetes" or are at risk for Type 2 diabetes. The small group-based program covers nutrition, physical activity and behavior modification with a trained lifestyle coach in 25 one-hour sessions delivered over the course of a year. The YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program outlines lifestyle changes —modest weight loss, healthy eating, and regular physical activity—that have been shown to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

June 4 - August 6 2023

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