Appalachian Trail: US 460 to VA 635
Thump. Thump. Thump. Raise your heart rate while climbing to the postcard-worthy balds on Peters Mountain. This 19.6-mile ridgewalk traces the Virginia-West Virginia border.
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Shelters: Rice Field Shelter; sleeps 7. Pine Swamp Branch Shelter; sleeps 8.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 31.5
Waypoints
WPT025
Location: 37.3615837097168, -80.7912673950195
Spring
WPT022
Location: 37.4355850219727, -80.6157302856445
Campsite. Pine Swamp Ridge
WPT005
Location: 37.379566192627, -80.7435531616211
SE views. Powerlines end
WPT017
Location: 37.4220657348633, -80.646598815918
Red rock
WPT016
Location: 37.4213333129883, -80.6495361328125
AT turns E; rock jumble
WPT028
Location: 37.4192161560059, -80.6049499511719
25-ft. trail to parking
WPT015
Location: 37.4174156188965, -80.6573181152344
Campsite
WPT009
Location: 37.4009323120117, -80.6930694580078
Meadow
ZZZ043
Location: 37.4141159057617, -80.5845031738281
VA 635
WPT034
Location: 37.4193649291992, -80.5961532592774
Creek
WPT004
Location: 37.3799324035644, -80.7465667724609
Powerline
WPT020
Location: 37.3536834716797, -80.7652816772461
Road crossing
WPT021
Location: 37.3541488647461, -80.765998840332
Stream
WPT019
Location: 37.4331817626953, -80.6276702880859
NF boundary
WPT003
Location: 37.3784332275391, -80.7505645751953
Cell tower
WPT013
Location: 37.4121170043945, -80.6692657470703
Blue-blazed Groundhog Trail
WPT028
Location: 37.3720664978027, -80.7707977294922
Powerline
WPT026
Location: 37.4221649169922, -80.6084976196289
Pine Swamp Shelter
WPT037
Location: 37.4147491455078, -80.5845031738281
Campsite. AT turns E
WPT031
Location: 37.3748321533203, -80.7583465576172
Rice Field Shelter: Amazing sunset views from the open grassy bald at the trail to the shelter
WPT015
Location: 37.3465156555176, -80.7569351196289
Clandenin Rd.; VA 641; to landfill
WPT017
Location: 37.3498649597168, -80.7612533569336
AT joins gravel road
WPT033
Location: 37.4196510314941, -80.5966796875
Small stream
WPT010
Location: 37.4015846252441, -80.6921463012695
Meadow boundary
WPT029
Location: 37.3748664855957, -80.7605667114258
Stile
WPT011
Location: 37.4039840698242, -80.6859817504883
Campsite
WPT021
Location: 37.4373016357422, -80.617431640625
Campsite. Mud puddle
WPT013
Location: 37.3432006835938, -80.7587814331055
AT turns E, enters woods
WPT024
Location: 37.4285316467285, -80.6126861572266
Pine Swamp Branch
WPT018
Location: 37.3512344360352, -80.7628326416016
Trail goes from Gravel road back into woods.
WPT012
Location: 37.4055480957031, -80.6826629638672
Symms Gap
WPT027
Location: 37.3704986572266, -80.7751846313476
AT crosses over underground pipeline
WPT032
Location: 37.4191017150879, -80.5980834960938
Trail to The Captains
WPT014
Location: 37.3433685302734, -80.7582473754883
Campsite
WPT002
Location: 37.3772010803223, -80.7551193237305
Stile
WPT036
Location: 37.4187660217285, -80.5973129272461
AT turns W on hill @ jct. with trail that travels straight. The hill N on the AT here is not on the profile. Steep and lacking switchbacks.
WPT012
Location: 37.3432846069336, -80.7588806152344
AT turns W; woods
WPT014
Location: 37.4161682128906, -80.6603012084961
Rock wall
WPT006
Location: 37.3798484802246, -80.7430191040039
AT turns W
WPT007
Location: 37.382251739502, -80.7381362915039
Campsite
WPT016
Location: 37.3499336242676, -80.7598342895508
AT turns W
WPT030
Location: 37.3754997253418, -80.758415222168
Trail to shelter
WPT008
Location: 37.3824005126953, -80.7375640869141
Trail to the E leads to spring (30 ft.). AT continues straight
WPT002
Location: 37.4143676757812, -80.5842514038086
Cross Stony Creek. The bridge over Stony Creek was washed away in a storm. A new one is being constructed
WPT018
Location: 37.4233818054199, -80.6438980102539
NF wilderness boundary
WPT031
Location: 37.4216346740723, -80.6003799438476
Tiny stream
WPT019
Location: 37.3537673950195, -80.7650833129883
Stream
WPT001
Location: 37.4146842956543, -80.5844802856445
Campsite
WPT023
Location: 37.4285850524902, -80.612663269043
Pine Swamp Branch
ZZZ042
Location: 37.3422508239746, -80.7593154907226
AT goes under US 460 on road
WPT020
Location: 37.4380683898926, -80.6196975708008
Yellow-blazed Allegheny Trail to the W
WPT035
Location: 37.4193000793457, -80.5961303710938
AT turns E
WPT026
Location: 37.3627510070801, -80.7933502197266
Begin ridgewalk; flowers
WPT022
Location: 37.3570175170898, -80.7687683105469
AT turns E
WPT023
Location: 37.3614501953125, -80.7760314941406
Trail to water (10 ft.)
WPT029
Location: 37.4213180541992, -80.6047515869141
Pine Swamp Branch
WPT024
Location: 37.361499786377, -80.7910003662109
Campsite (room for 3 tents)
WPT025
Location: 37.4277839660644, -80.6123657226562
Spring
WPT030
Location: 37.4226837158203, -80.6027679443359
Dismal Branch
