Charlottesville: Three Ridges Loop
Enjoy a quiet weekend on this 12.3-mile loop to creekside campsites, a sea of mountains, and an excellent waterfall in the 4,608-acre Three Ridges Wilderness.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 17.3
Waypoints
TRL004
Location: 37.8789482116699, -78.9919662475586
Trail buzzes up the tree-covered Bee Mtn. (3,034 ft.); sporadic views ahead
TRL001
Location: 37.8838920593262, -79.0091781616211
From Love Gap, take fire road S
TRL003
Location: 37.8849983215332, -78.9924621582031
Maupin Field Shelter; ample campsites and good spring for water
TRL005
Location: 37.8744049072266, -78.992790222168
Stay in thick cliff bands below short ridge
TRL006
Location: 37.8642807006836, -78.9898376464844
Veering E, the AT climbs the twin summits of the Three Ridges
TRL007
Location: 37.8569297790527, -78.988037109375
Descend knee-crunching switchbacks
TRL008
Location: 37.8498992919922, -78.9911651611328
The stacks of Chimney Rock
TRL009
Location: 37.8441009521484, -78.9978179931641
Hairpin turn; head N to the headwaters of Hairpin Creek
TRL010
Location: 37.8552436828613, -79.0107040405274
Turn R onto Mau-Har Trail
TRL011
Location: 37.8689117431641, -79.0089263916016
Sweet waterfall; link up trail blazes along Campbell Creek
TRL012
Location: 37.8849143981934, -78.9929885864258
Turn L onto AT, then L again on fire road back to Love Gap
TRL002
Location: 37.8861885070801, -78.9936752319336
Turn R onto Appalachian Trail
Stat: It’s 821 miles from here to the southern terminus of the AT in Springer, GA
