Appalachian Trail: VA 635 to VA 613
Wind Rock. The first explorers nailed the name of this breezy point perched above a sea of wooded wilderness in two states.
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Shelters: Bailey Gap Shelter, sleeps 6.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 7.9
Waypoints
WPT005
Location: 37.4108009338379, -80.5848007202148
Tiny stream
WPT011
Location: 37.401782989502, -80.5682525634766
Rocky
WPT008
Location: 37.4008827209473, -80.5808486938476
Blue-blazed trail to water (.1 mi.)
WPT006
Location: 37.4027328491211, -80.5824966430664
AT turns W; switchbacks
WPT009
Location: 37.4006652832031, -80.5774688720703
Trail to Bailey Gap Shelter
WPT014
Location: 37.4082336425781, -80.5407638549805
Tiny stream
WPT016
Location: 37.4113159179688, -80.5319976806641
20-ft. overhanging rock
ZZZ044
Location: 37.4121322631836, -80.5231018066406
Cross VA 613/Salt Sulphur Turnpike. Parking and kiosk. Mountain Lake Wilderness
WPT015
Location: 37.4103851318359, -80.5364532470703
Tiny stream
WPT013
Location: 37.4077339172363, -80.5427474975586
Campsite
WPT004
Location: 37.4113845825195, -80.584831237793
Tiny stream
ZZZ043
Location: 37.4141159057617, -80.5845031738281
VA 635
WPT012
Location: 37.4049835205078, -80.5471801757812
End of rocks
WPT010
Location: 37.4008827209473, -80.5771865844726
Bailey Gap Shelter
WPT007
Location: 37.403434753418, -80.581916809082
Cross VA 734 (gravel road)