Appalachian Trail: US 60 to VA 56
Wander hills painted in wildflowers and crest several crags before charging down 3,000 feet to the Tye River on this 24-mile trek.
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Shelters: Cow Camp Gap Shelter; sleeps 8. Seeley-Woodworth Shelter; sleeps 8. The Priest Shelter; sleeps 8.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 38.6
Waypoints
WPT023
Location: 37.7649993896484, -79.1933364868164
Trail to NNW views
WPT012
Location: 37.8292007446289, -79.1288299560547
Fish Hatchery Rd to Montebello; Dutch Haus B & B
WPT010
Location: 37.8180999755859, -79.0705184936524
The Priest Shelter
WPT031
Location: 37.7931671142578, -79.17626953125
Lovingston Spring Trail to W
WPT005
Location: 37.7296676635742, -79.2382659912109
Flat
WPT011
Location: 37.7400169372559, -79.2240982055664
Bald Knob
WPT033
Location: 37.8014488220215, -79.1637191772461
Campsite
WPT017
Location: 37.8198318481445, -79.0578842163086
Views E of valley
WPT003
Location: 37.7263984680176, -79.245849609375
Terrain levels out
WPT013
Location: 37.7477989196777, -79.2149658203125
Cow Camp Gap. Side trail to shelter (.5 mi.)
WPT022
Location: 37.7602844238281, -79.1956329345703
Trail leads .3 mi. to the E to a spring. Campsite. Wooden swing to the W (think classic, hanging-from-a-tree-in-a-field-with-a-little-pig-tailed-girl kind of swing)
WPT015
Location: 37.8265647888184, -79.1209182739258
Spy Rock. Take short side trail and scramble up rock face for 360-degree views
WPT022
Location: 37.8366508483887, -79.0256805419922
Campsite; 2 tents
WPT002
Location: 37.8306007385254, -79.1220321655274
Maintop Mtn.
WPT007
Location: 37.8188018798828, -79.1550674438476
Seeley Woodworth Shelter; simple and clean, shelter is set facing open forest downhill with a spring nearby.
WPT015
Location: 37.7509155273438, -79.211799621582
Views to the W from overlook
WPT008
Location: 37.8247680664062, -79.1428298950195
Trail to Rock Spring; Porters Gap
WPT027
Location: 37.7803001403809, -79.1816482543945
Campsite
WPT021
Location: 37.7568168640137, -79.1934661865234
Hog Camp Gap; parking; FS 48; old jeep road
WPT026
Location: 37.779899597168, -79.1818008422852
Gravel road
WPT011
Location: 37.8286323547363, -79.1313858032226
AT parallels blue-blazed trail
WPT035
Location: 37.8059844970703, -79.1627655029297
Small stream
WPT017
Location: 37.7509346008301, -79.2063140869141
Open grassy area begins
WPT010
Location: 37.8254508972168, -79.1428146362305
Campsite. Side trail travels downhill to W
WPT006
Location: 37.7320175170898, -79.2328643798828
False summit
WPT005
Location: 37.8250007629394, -79.093132019043
Cash Hollow; gravel road
WPT006
Location: 37.8253173828125, -79.0821533203125
Crabtree Farm Rd.; VA 826; Crab Tree Falls Trail
WPT014
Location: 37.7491683959961, -79.2136306762695
Overlook
WPT003
Location: 37.8060340881348, -79.1628799438476
Stream; campsite to the W
WPT019
Location: 37.7563323974609, -79.1953811645508
Open field ends
WPT012
Location: 37.8200836181641, -79.0669631958008
Campsite and overlook with views to the NNE
WPT020
Location: 37.7561836242676, -79.1949996948242
Double track to the E
WPT001
Location: 37.8279495239258, -79.1215362548828
AT turn W @ jct. with trail to Spy Rock
WPT002
Location: 37.7266654968262, -79.2479629516602
Steep
WPT024
Location: 37.7668647766113, -79.1870803833008
View E and S
WPT009
Location: 37.8260498046875, -79.1426696777344
Rock Spring: Excellent water from a wide spring @ the base of a large boulder. Camping nearby
WPT020
Location: 37.8303184509277, -79.0372161865234
Cripple Creek; AT turns E downhill
WPT004
Location: 37.7270851135254, -79.2438201904297
Cross FS 507
WPT014
Location: 37.8195343017578, -79.0629501342774
Trail crests The Priest
WPT014
Location: 37.8280487060547, -79.1231536865234
Trail turns to baseball-sized rocks (hard to hike on)
WPT019
Location: 37.8253517150879, -79.043701171875
Overlook with views to the E
WPT013
Location: 37.8286514282227, -79.12646484375
Gate
WPT004
Location: 37.8063163757324, -79.1629486083984
N. Fork Piney River
WPT012
Location: 37.7400321960449, -79.2237167358398
Campsite; 2 tents
WPT009
Location: 37.7401847839356, -79.2262496948242
Bald Knob
WPT004
Location: 37.8252983093262, -79.0932159423828
Gate
WPT029
Location: 37.792350769043, -79.175651550293
Campsite; 1 tent
WPT016
Location: 37.8278160095215, -79.1214981079102
AT turns W. Trail to Spy Rock and camping. Large open area with great views of the sunset and sunrise
WPT032
Location: 37.8005828857422, -79.1659851074219
Boulder
WPT003
Location: 37.8305816650391, -79.1101684570312
View S
WPT001
Location: 37.8057518005371, -79.1625518798828
Campsite
WPT009
Location: 37.8183326721191, -79.0719146728516
AT turns W @ jct. with trail to shelter, heading E
WPT010
Location: 37.7402839660644, -79.2251968383789
View N
WPT018
Location: 37.7508659362793, -79.2058181762695
Cold Mtn.
ZZZ056
Location: 37.7232666015625, -79.2498168945312
US 60; parking. AT turns W; woods
WPT005
Location: 37.8068161010742, -79.163215637207
Old trail
WPT030
Location: 37.7930488586426, -79.1759796142578
Jeep Rd.
WPT016
Location: 37.7518653869629, -79.2082977294922
Cold Mtn.
WPT034
Location: 37.8057594299316, -79.1626663208008
Trail to campsite to the E
WPT008
Location: 37.7395515441894, -79.2275314331055
False summit
WPT025
Location: 37.7792510986328, -79.182014465332
Cross FS 63 @ Salt Log Gap
ZZZ057
Location: 37.8382148742676, -79.0234680175781
VA 56; parking
WPT007
Location: 37.8254508972168, -79.0811157226562
The Priest Wilderness
WPT007
Location: 37.7383651733398, -79.2281188964844
False Summit
WPT028
Location: 37.7888488769531, -79.172119140625
FS 246
WPT006
Location: 37.8195838928223, -79.1557159423828
Trail to shelter; Levingston Trail
WPT008
Location: 37.818431854248, -79.0720977783203
Stone and campsite
WPT021
Location: 37.8326148986816, -79.0343017578125
At turns W
DSCF6016
Location: 37.8200492858887, -79.066780090332
DSCF5960
Location: 37.8266487121582, -79.1210861206055
DSCF5872
Location: 37.8061485290527, -79.1628494262695
DSCF5975
Location: 37.830249786377, -79.1088485717774
DSCF6026
Location: 37.8303337097168, -79.0372467041016
DSCF5892
Location: 37.8265838623047, -79.1209335327148
DSCF5971
Location: 37.8304328918457, -79.1097869873047
DSCF5819
Location: 37.7610816955566, -79.1958847045898
DSCF6004
Location: 37.818416595459, -79.0720977783203
