Shenandoah National Park - One Night Strenuous Beginner Trips (U.S. National Park Service)

**One Night Strenuous Beginner Trips**
Miles	Trip Title	Description	Entry
5.00	White Rocks	Park history, small cave, and waterfall	MP 33.5
5.40	Big Run Loop and Big Run Portal	Simple, flexible trip in a wilderness valley with excellent camping and fishing	MP 81.2
6.70	Elkwallow and Jeremys Run	Popular wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing (open for harvest)	MP 22.2
6.80	Big Run Loop and AT Circuit	Wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing (open for harvest)	MP 81.2
8.00	Whiteoak Canyon and Cedar Run, short option	Popular waterfall circuit, beautiful, but avoid on weekends	MP 45.6
9.00	Robertson Mountain and Berry Hollow	Excellent weekday beginner trip with views of Old Rag	Rt 600
9.10	Hannah, Hot-Short, and Catlett	Wilderness area, cascading streams, swimming holes, park history	MP 35.1
9.50	Riprap and Wildcat	Popular circuit with good views, cascades, excellent swimming hole	MP 90.0
9.90	Robertson Mountain and Corbin Hollow	Strenuous beginner trips for weekdays. Homesites and great views of Old Rag.	Rt 600
10.00	Brown Mountain and Rocky Mountain Run	Wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing, great views	MP 76.9
10.20	Nicholson Hollow and Hot-Short Mountain	Wilderness area, cascades, park history, and swimming holes; park at Old Rag boundary.	Rt 600
11.60	Corbin Mountain and Nicholson Hollow, 1 night	Wilderness area, cascades, park history, and swimming holes	MP 38.4
12.00	Overall Run and Beecher Ridge	Highest waterfalls in park (93'), cascades, swimming hole, and wilderness ridge	MP 21.1
12.30	Nicholson Hollow and Corbin Mountain from the boundary	Wilderness area, cascades, park history, and swimming holes; park at Old Rag boundary	Rt 600
12.50	Jeremys Run Circuit Trips	Popular wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing (open for harvest)	MP 24.1

*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.