A multi-use trail park & basecamp on 60 private acres in Buckingham County, Virginia — a private trail network for hiking, horseback, mountain biking, and drone racing, with a basecamp of cabins, RV pads, and a group campsite. Built for the glamping, overlanding, van-life, and tiny-house crowd who want the whole network to themselves. A concept opening in 2028.
Hal's Pride is a multi-use trail park & basecamp: the trails are the hero, and the lodging is the basecamp you stay at. One private network — hiking, horseback, mountain biking, and a flagship drone course — that a group can book to themselves for a weekend, anchored by a homestead with an outdoor kitchen and fire pit.
It builds on the glamping, overlanding, van-life, tiny-house, and camping movements by catering to all of them on one piece of quiet, private land. This page is a concept — forward-looking and pre-capital — shared early to build the audience for a 2028 launch.
A shared-use trail network — private, off-grid, and bookable for a weekend.
State-park group sites are crowded and hard to book side-by-side. Here you get a whole private trail network to yourselves — plus the homestead outdoor kitchen and fire pit. Group camping with real privacy.
Quiet bridle trails through the woods, with a stable and trailer parking at the homestead — the private-land riding that's hard to find near the city.
Rated, safely-built trails — proper construction is the point. We're hoping to work with local schools, clubs, and programs, and to run small events that produce content for the riders who come.
The viral draw — a flagship FPV speed course (below) that brings a camera-native audience to the land. A youth UAV-skills program is part of the longer-term vision.
Most FPV courses today are technical, gate-heavy layouts — essentially dog-agility for drones. Hal's Pride goes the other way: a signature pure-speed course with one iconic identity, the way Laguna Seca is known for the Corkscrew.
The racing is the viral amenity now. A grant-funded youth workforce program — teaching the UAV skills first responders, farmers, and researchers increasingly need — is a later, separate phase we hope to build with partners (see below).
Booking the whole network for a weekend is a different — and higher-value — experience than a single nightly pad.
Scout troops and school programs looking for a dedicated, private, off-grid weekend.
Teams after a real off-grid reset — trails, a race day, and space that's theirs for the weekend.
FPV race-day entries and a local club/league — the social flywheel that markets everything else.
Low-density by design — the product is privacy and a network to yourselves, not amenity sprawl. Where you stay:
Privacy and quiet are the product — low density, off the road, by design.
We're a concept reaching out — the organizations below are ones we hope to partner with as Hal's Pride takes shape. None is an existing partnership, and naming them isn't an endorsement by them.
Hoping to reach schools and clubs like the Miller School of Albemarle, CAMBC, Virginia MTB, and Cutaway Bike Camp; horseback model: Fort Valley Ranch.
For the youth UAV-skills vision: VMI Drone Club, Virginia UAS, UAV Coach, VIPC Unmanned Systems Center, and DCJS DART.
We're evaluating Campspot and Harvest Hosts for reservations, with an AirBnB listing as the first proof-of-demand channel.
Hal's Pride is raising build capital the way the best small outdoor projects do — by building an audience first, then opening. We're marketing an opening in 2028 and gathering the people who want to be there for it.
Honest framing: this is a concept, pre-capital. Nothing here is a financial offer or a promise of returns; the build, the schedule, the racing, and any youth program are subject to permitting, counsel, and funding.
Want to camp here, race here, book a group weekend, or back the launch? Reach out and we'll keep you posted as Hal's Pride takes shape.