Appalachian Trail: Bootens Gap to Fishers Gap
Link the wooded summit of Hazeltop Mountain, the rugged cliffs of Blackrock, and Big Meadows (home to deer and black bear) on this 6.9-mile route in Shenandoah National Park.
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Shelters: None
Trail Facts
- Distance: 11.1
Waypoints
WPT008
Location: 38.5317344665527, -78.4318695068359
Spring
WPT019
Location: 38.4994506835938, -78.4457168579102
Mill Prong Trail
WPT015
Location: 38.5197334289551, -78.4433975219726
Road; spring
WPT016
Location: 38.5135841369629, -78.4488677978516
Tanners Ridge Rd.; cemetary
WPT011
Location: 38.5311660766602, -78.4405822753906
Lewis Falls Trail
WPT010
Location: 38.5319519042969, -78.436897277832
Trail to Big Meadows campsite
WPT007
Location: 38.5342826843262, -78.4229507446289
Fishers Gap Overlook
WPT009
Location: 38.529182434082, -78.4340667724609
AT turns W
WPT020
Location: 38.4737014770508, -78.4546661376953
Laurel Prong Trail
WPT017
Location: 38.5083160400391, -78.4451675415039
Small stream
WPT014
Location: 38.5271682739258, -78.4441833496094
Good views
WPT012
Location: 38.5300674438477, -78.4420700073242
Lodge
WPT021
Location: 38.4686317443848, -78.4573135375976
Conway River Rd.; Bootens Gap; parking
WPT013
Location: 38.528133392334, -78.4432983398438
Blackrock