Two or more Night Group Trips

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Two or more Night Group Trips

Nights	Miles	Trip Title	Description	Route Type	Entry
2	9.00	Loft Mountain and Jones Run, 9 miles	Three waterfalls, excellent views, first night in mountaintop campground	one way	MP 79.5
2	11.60	Corbin Mountain and Nicholson Hollow, 2 nights	Wilderness area, cascades, park history, and swimming holes	Circuit	MP 38.4
2	12.00	Loft Mountain and Big Run Portal	Mountaintop campground; wilderness valley with excellent camping and fishing	circuit	MP 81.2
2	12.50	Nicholson and Corbin Mountain, 2 nights from the boundary	Wilderness area, cascades, park history, and swimming holes; park at Old Rag boundary	Basecamp	Rt 600
2	14.40	Loft Mountain and Jones Run, 14 miles	Mountaintop campground; excellent views, geology, and three waterfalls	one way	MP 77.5
2	16.60	Mathews Arm and Jeremys Run	Wooded campground, wilderness valley with excellent camping and fishing	circuit	MP 24.1
2	18.10	Big Run, Doyles River, and Frazier	Wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing, three popular waterfalls	circuit	MP 79.5
2	21.60	Overall Run Falls and Piney Branch	Two beautiful wilderness streams, highest waterfall in the park (93")	Circuit	MP 21.1
2	22.50	AT: Hawksbill to Swift Run	Mountaintop trek over three of the four highest peaks in the park	one way	MP 45.6
2	26.60	Furnace, Jones, and Big Run from the boundary	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	circuit	Rt 663
3	29.00	Jones Run, Big Run, and Brown Mountain	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	circuit	MP 81.1
3	34.20	Overall Run, Piney Branch, and Jeremys Run	Three beautiful wilderness streams, highest waterfall in park (93')	Circuit	MP 21.1
3	35.30	Furnace, Jones, Big Run, Brown Mountain from boundary	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	circuit	Rt 663

 

*Road and trail conditions, boundary access and natural events such as wildfires or ice storms could close any trail at any time. Please have a back-up plan in mind if your particular route is inaccessible when you arrive.

*Number of Days - The top of each trip plan records the number of days for which the trip is specifically written. However, many trips have longer or shorter options at the end of the trip plan, under "options".

*Distance is always in miles.

*Entry Point – Shenandoah National Park has trailheads along Skyline Drive, intersecting roads, and the boundary. “MP” indicates a Skyline Drive milepost. The Skyline Drive has mileposts every mile along the drive, starting with 0 at Front Royal, proceeding to 105 at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro. “Rt” refers to a State Route number. While a few of these State Routes have highway signs directing you to a trailhead, the vast majority of the boundary trailheads have no signs. You will need a good map in order to find most route numbers and trailheads. Finally, “US” refers to a US Highway, if a trailhead is directly off of a US Highway (for example, Pass Mountain Trail on US 211). Click here to find more information on State Route and US Highway boundary trailheads.

*Districts - N is North District, between Front Royal and US Highway 211 at Thornton Gap; C is Central District between US 211 at Thornton Gap and US 33 at Swift Run Gap; S is South District, between US 33 at Swift Run Gap and US 250 at Rockfish Gap; A is all districts.