Appalachian Trail: US 11 to VA 42
On this 11.8-mile stretch, you’ll climb a seven-foot stile (arguably the AT’s tallest), cruise cow-filled fields, pass a centuries-old cemetery, and briefly trace the North Fork Holston River.
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Shelters: Davis Path Shelter; sleeps 12
Trail Facts
- Distance: 19.2
Waypoints
WPT005
Location: 36.892032623291, -81.3690338134766
Double track
WPT005
Location: 36.9497833251953, -81.3636474609375
Trail to campsite
WPT006
Location: 36.9510345458984, -81.3641128540039
AT turns W @ jct. with trail leading to water; unofficial campsite; Crawfish Valley
WPT006
Location: 36.8942489624023, -81.3685531616211
Bridge crossing; telephone line
WPT007
Location: 36.8966827392578, -81.3672180175781
Trail to Davis Cemetary
WPT007
Location: 36.9515495300293, -81.3654479980469
Straight @ 4-way
WPT008
Location: 36.8974151611328, -81.3689804077148
VA 617
WPT009
Location: 36.9565010070801, -81.3696975708008
Reed Creek
WPT009
Location: 36.8989677429199, -81.3722686767578
Cattle grate; stile
WPT010
Location: 36.9030685424805, -81.3730697631836
Stile
WPT011
Location: 36.9034996032715, -81.3720169067383
Dry stream
WPT011
Location: 36.9556503295898, -81.3811187744141
Rock stairs
WPT013
Location: 36.9596481323242, -81.3828811645508
Small stream crossing; animal tracks
WPT014
Location: 36.9605484008789, -81.384765625
Private property boundary
WPT014
Location: 36.8896675109863, -81.3714981079102
AT turns E
WPT015
Location: 36.960750579834, -81.3852844238281
Straight @ 4-way
WPT015
Location: 36.9145660400391, -81.3767852783203
Davis Path Shelter
WPT016
Location: 36.9620513916016, -81.3860168457031
Stile
WPT017
Location: 36.9637489318848, -81.3884963989258
AT turns W; stile; enter pasture
WPT018
Location: 36.963550567627, -81.392219543457
AT veers E
WPT019
Location: 36.9641494750977, -81.3914031982422
VA 610; stiles; private property boundary
WPT020
Location: 36.9631843566894, -81.3946838378906
Valley views; ridge
WPT021
Location: 36.9648666381836, -81.3945693969726
Z-shaped gate turns E; lush woods
WPT022
Location: 36.967414855957, -81.3939666748047
AT marker
WPT023
Location: 36.9710159301758, -81.3943481445312
Stile
WPT024
Location: 36.9716987609863, -81.396614074707
AT turns E @ N. Fork Holston jct.; walk along N. Fork Holston
WPT025
Location: 36.9718818664551, -81.3966522216797
Big stile
WPT026
Location: 36.9734001159668, -81.3973846435547
Cross N. Fork Holston on bridge; VA 742
WPT027
Location: 36.9737815856934, -81.3981018066406
Large, 6-ft. stile over fence
WPT028
Location: 36.9778823852539, -81.3998489379883
AT turns W
WPT029
Location: 36.9783515930176, -81.4001998901367
Blue-blazed trail to the E
WPT030
Location: 36.9792671203613, -81.400634765625
AT turns E
WPT031
Location: 36.9793510437012, -81.4008026123047
AT turns W
WPT032
Location: 36.9809989929199, -81.4059677124024
Woods
WPT033
Location: 36.9813346862793, -81.4068832397461
Stile
WPT034
Location: 36.9828491210938, -81.4067153930664
Stile
WPT038
Location: 36.9830017089844, -81.4065475463867
Trail to parking; water
WPT039
Location: 36.9826011657715, -81.4067993164062
Campsite
WPT039
Location: 36.8855667114258, -81.3730850219726
AT turns E @ jct. with US 11
WPT001
Location: 36.8858985900879, -81.3744964599609
Relax Inn (fee to park)
WPT002
Location: 36.9300003051758, -81.3633499145508
Gullion Mtn.
WPT003
Location: 36.8863487243652, -81.3709487915039
AT turns W
WPT003
Location: 36.9406661987305, -81.361213684082
Jct. with orange-blazed trail
WPT004
Location: 36.9424018859863, -81.3612976074219
AT turns W
WPT004
Location: 36.8884162902832, -81.3714370727539
Trail travels under I-81
