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Author: Jazzzz
Activity: Not Specified
State: Virginia (VA)
Distance: Total: 27.18 mi
Active: 0 mi
 
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Rating: Unrated  
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Appalachian Trail 2005 (Virginia)

DIRECTIONS + WAYPOINTS: helping you find your way

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Points of Interest

Location: 36.656162, -81.511620
Fatman Squeeze

Bath Time

Location: 36.642326, -81.680740
That was refreshing!!

Buzzard Rock View

Location: 36.644993, -81.616898

Dinner Time at Sauder's Shelter

Location: 36.633587, -81.707352
Cooked everything we had. We were tired of carring it.

Elk Mountain View

Location: 36.656960, -81.576622

Grayson-Highland State Park Vistor Center

Location: 36.619869, -81.500053
Break time!

Lost Mountain Shelter

Location: 36.637558, -81.659683
After the touchest day of the trip.!

Lunchtime with the cows

Location: 36.667725, -81.496864

Mount Rogers

Location: 36.666927, -81.550301
Not much to see at the peak.

Old Orchard Shelter

Location: 36.686470, -81.510017
We just stopped to rest here. First encounter with Skip!

Ridgreline

Location: 36.650665, -81.707352
Best picture of the crew!

Smiling Fox

Location: 36.631599, -81.734360
Enjoying last day on the Trail

Start of the Journey

Location: 36.696838, -81.492477

Thomas Knob Shelter

Location: 36.650578, -81.531952
Beautiful night sky!! Chilly morning to!

Top of Big Pinnacle

Location: 36.632233, -81.519196
That's were we are headed!

Trails End

Location: 36.626438, -81.785202
After showers

Virginia Creeper Trail

Location: 36.633190, -81.741905
Beautiful Trail by Creek.

Wild Ponies

Location: 36.647785, -81.508026

Wild Ponies

Location: 36.662540, -81.527969

Wise Shelter

Location: 36.655361, -81.490082

Routes

VA-AT

Distance: 27.18 mi
Distance Name Location Distance to next
0.00 mi Fox Creek Trailhead 36.698147, -81.500313 Then go 0.94 mi
0.94 mi Old Orchard Shelter 36.684620, -81.499603 Then go 1.23 mi
2.16 mi The Scales 36.669838, -81.487366 Then go 0.58 mi
2.74 mi TA1 36.661507, -81.487633 Then go 0.79 mi
3.53 mi Wise Shelter 36.654022, -81.498474 Then go 0.13 mi
3.67 mi Matt F. 36.653931, -81.496109 Then go 1.10 mi
4.76 mi TA2 36.640720, -81.485214 Then go 0.96 mi
5.72 mi TA3 36.637585, -81.502060 Then go 0.87 mi
6.59 mi Grayson-Highland State Park 36.625031, -81.500809 Then go 0.57 mi
7.16 mi Big Pinnacle 36.630009, -81.508995 Then go 0.73 mi
7.89 mi TA4 36.640450, -81.507256 Then go 0.95 mi
8.84 mi Fatman Squeeze 36.651749, -81.516869 Then go 1.07 mi
9.91 mi Thomas Knob Shelter 36.656647, -81.535248 Then go 0.59 mi
10.50 mi Mount Rogers 36.660095, -81.544930 Then go 2.26 mi
12.76 mi Elks Garden 36.650238, -81.583778 Then go 2.10 mi
14.86 mi Buzzard Rock 36.635426, -81.616882 Then go 0.26 mi
15.13 mi TA5 36.633282, -81.620781 Then go 0.95 mi
16.08 mi TA6 36.642872, -81.633148 Then go 0.55 mi
16.63 mi BOTTOM 36.637329, -81.640152 Then go 1.01 mi
17.63 mi Lost Mountain Shelter 36.644325, -81.656036 Then go 1.07 mi
18.71 mi Virginia Creeper Trail 36.649723, -81.674179 Then go 0.22 mi
18.93 mi Creek 36.647427, -81.676895 Then go 0.38 mi
19.30 mi TA7 36.651741, -81.681084 Then go 1.05 mi
20.36 mi TA8 36.643318, -81.696846 Then go 0.48 mi
20.83 mi Ridgeline up to Saunders 36.642109, -81.705338 Then go 0.55 mi
21.38 mi Saunders Shelter 36.637981, -81.713829 Then go 0.70 mi
22.08 mi Back to the Virginia Creeper 36.629162, -81.719879 Then go 1.58 mi
23.66 mi TA9 36.644737, -81.740601 Then go 1.68 mi
25.34 mi TA10 36.625484, -81.759048 Then go 1.84 mi
27.18 mi Damascus, Virginia 36.633911, -81.790466


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