Appalachian Trail: Fishers Gap to Stony Man Overlook
This 8.5-mile hike passes vertical cliffs, weaves through spruce and fir stands, and traverses the northern slopes of Hawksbill Mountain, the highest peak in Shenandoah.
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Shelters: Rock Spring Hut; sleeps 6.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 13.8
Waypoints
WPT026
Location: 38.61181640625, -78.3631362915039
Stony Man Overlook to the E
WPT036
Location: 38.5751647949219, -78.3843688964844
Timber Hollow Overlook
WPT037
Location: 38.5748329162598, -78.3845825195312
Trail to shelter; overlook
WPT034
Location: 38.5874328613281, -78.3836135864258
Road to Skyland
WPT035
Location: 38.5786819458008, -78.3851699829102
Views to the W
WPT040
Location: 38.5625991821289, -78.3838348388672
Trail to Crescent Rock overlook; trail to Betty Rock Trail
WPT041
Location: 38.5623168945312, -78.3838195800781
Spring
WPT045
Location: 38.5535850524902, -78.408332824707
Rock Spring Hut
WPT042
Location: 38.5571174621582, -78.3869857788086
Hawksbill Gap and Hawksbill Trail to parking; spring (.1 mi.)
WPT038
Location: 38.5647315979004, -78.3841857910156
Spring
WPT039
Location: 38.5636177062988, -78.3838500976562
Big Rock; water
WPT028
Location: 38.6059494018555, -78.3669204711914
Little Stony Man Parking
WPT027
Location: 38.6105842590332, -78.3647537231445
Trail to overlook
WPT032
Location: 38.5929832458496, -78.3755340576172
Parking
WPT033
Location: 38.5919990539551, -78.3789367675781
Trail to Skyland Dining
WPT030
Location: 38.603401184082, -78.3679504394531
Little Stony Man Cliffs
WPT031
Location: 38.5957183837891, -78.3703689575195
Trail to Stony Man summit
WPT006
Location: 38.5345001220703, -78.4214859008789
AT turns W
WPT005
Location: 38.5394515991211, -78.4191970825195
Franklin Cliffs
WPT007
Location: 38.5344390869141, -78.4229583740234
Fishers Gap Overlook
WPT002
Location: 38.5525665283203, -78.4076690673828
Blue-blazed trail leads to shelter
WPT003
Location: 38.5492172241211, -78.4126129150391
Trail to Rock Spring Cabin parking (.1 mi.)
DSCF2247
Location: 38.6034164428711, -78.3678512573242
