Four or more Night Trips (Experienced Level)

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Four or more Night Trips (Experienced Level)

Nights	Trip Title	Description	Entry
4	AT through SNP, average 22 miles per day	Entire Appalachian Trail through Shenandoah NP: Wolfe to Tom Floyd shelters	MP 105.4
4	Winter Trip from Simmons Gap	Use the AT to access the Big Run wilderness area while staying dry.	Rt 628
4	Paine, Jones, Big Run, Brown Mtn., from the boundary	Spectacular mountains, three waterfalls, wilderness valley, and geology	Rt 663
4	Pocosin, Laurel Prong, Staunton, and Slaughter	Waterfalls (83' high), views, great density of historic sites -- both restored and ruins	MP 62.8
5	Jones Mountain to South River, Staying Dry	Mostly mountaintop trek from boundary; also waterfalls and park history	Rt 662
5	Central District Highlights	Peaks, valleys, rivers, waterfalls, park history -- see it all!	MP 33.5
6	AT through SNP, average 17 miles per day	Appalachian Trail through Shenandoah NP with Doyles and Jones waterfalls: Wolfe to Denton	MP 105.4
7	AT through SNP, average 15 miles per day	Entire AT through Shenandoah NP: Wolfe to Denton shelters	MP 105.4

 

*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.