Three Night Trips from Skyline Drive (Experienced Levels)

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Three Night Trips from Skyline Drive (Experienced Levels)

Miles	Trip Title	Description	Entry
10.10	Pocosin, Dry Run, and Saddleback	Waterfalls (83'high), Lost Cliffs, early spring wildflowers, early fall color	MP 62.8
16.40	Swift Run, Pocosin, Dry Run, and Saddleback	Waterfalls (83' high), Lost Cliffs, early spring wildflowers, early fall color	MP 65.7
18.30	Flexible Trip in the Nicholson and Hazel Wilderness	Waterfalls, park history, cascading streams, swimming holes	MP 33.5
19.00	Jones Run, Furnace Mountain, and Big Run	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	MP 81.1
27.00	Nicholson and Hazel Wilderness	Waterfalls, park history, cascading streams, swimming holes	MP 33.5
27.50	Pocosin, Laurel Prong, and Slaughter	Waterfalls (83' high), mission ruins, views, Bearfence Rocks, Rapidan Camp	MP 62.8
29.00	Jones Run, Big Run, and Brown Mountain	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	MP 81.1
30.00	Jones Run, Big Run, Austin, and Furnace	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	MP 82.9
34.00	Swift Run, Pocosin, Laurel Prong and Slaughter	Waterfalls (83' high), mission ruins, Bearfence Rocks, Rapidan Camp	MP 65.7
34.20	Overall Run, Piney Branch, and Jeremys Run	Three beautiful wilderness streams, highest waterfall in park (93')	MP 21.1

 

*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.