Appalachian Trail: Rockfish Gap to Beagle Gap
This rolling Blue Ridge hike travels 5.2 miles and features bird's-eye views from Bear Den Mountain before its descent to Beagle Gap.
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Shelters: No Shelters
Trail Facts
- Distance: 8.4
Waypoints
WPT016
Location: 38.0474510192871, -78.8428344726562
AT turns E @ jct.
WPT021
Location: 38.0326156616211, -78.8588027954102
I-64 overpass
WPT020
Location: 38.0343170166016, -78.8587646484375
Skyline Drive mile marker 105.2. AT turns E
WPT010
Location: 38.0656661987305, -78.8034133911133
AT turns W @ jct. with gravel road
WPT008
Location: 38.0666656494141, -78.7990798950195
Tower complex
WPT012
Location: 38.0647163391113, -78.8050994873047
AT turns W
WPT006
Location: 38.0732841491699, -78.7936325073242
Skyline Drive mile marker 99.5. Beagle Gap and parking
WPT014
Location: 38.0595169067383, -78.8182983398438
AT turns W
WPT022
Location: 38.031665802002, -78.8583679199219
Rockfish Gap
WPT013
Location: 38.0598983764648, -78.8173828125
Skyline Drive mile marker 102.1. McCormick Gap
WPT015
Location: 38.0495491027832, -78.840202331543
AT turns W @ trail jct.
WPT011
Location: 38.0651168823242, -78.8041687011719
AT turns W; tower complex
WPT018
Location: 38.0394515991211, -78.8509368896484
Shenandoah NP southern boundary. Registration kiosk. Blue-blazed trail leads to entrance station
WPT009
Location: 38.0662994384766, -78.8008499145508
AT turns W @ jct. with gravel road
WPT017
Location: 38.043399810791, -78.8459167480469
Piped spring (30 ft.); uphill
WPT023
Location: 38.0310325622559, -78.8579483032226
AT turns E @ road
WPT001
Location: 38.0310516357422, -78.8579864501953
AT turns E @ road
WPT007
Location: 38.0693168640137, -78.7942962646484
Good views to the SSE; grassland
