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

**Two Night Strenuous Beginner Trips**
Miles	Trip Title	Description	Rt Type	Entry
5.40	Big Run Loop and Big Run Portal	Simple, flexible trip in a wilderness valley with excellent camping and fishing	roundtrip	MP 81.2
6.70	Elkwallow and Jeremys Run, 2 nights	Popular wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing (open for harvest)	circuit	MP 22.2
6.80	Big Run Loop and AT Circuit	Wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing (open for harvest)	circuit	MP 81.2
9.10	Hannah, Hot-Short, and Catlett	Wilderness area, cascading streams, swimming holes, park history	circuit	MP 35.1
11.60	Corbin Mountain and Nicholson Hollow, 2 nights	Wilderness area, cascades, park history, and swimming holes	Circuit	MP 38.4
12.00	Loft Mountain and Big Run Portal	Mountaintop campground; wilderness valley with excellent camping and fishing	circuit	MP 81.2
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
12.50	Jeremys Run Circuit Trips	Popular wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing (open for harvest)	circuit	MP 24.1
14.40	Loft Mountain and Jones Run, 14 miles	Mountaintop campground; excellent views, geology, and three waterfalls	one way	MP 77.5
14.50	Graves Mill and Laurel Prong	Variety of forest habitats; Rapidan Camp historic site	circuit	Rt 662
16.60	Mathews Arm and Jeremys Run	Wooded campground, wilderness valley with excellent camping and fishing	circuit	MP 24.1
17.30	Lewis Mountain and Laurel Prong	Mountain heights, cascading streams, waterfalls, Rapidan Camp historic site	one way	MP 62.8
18.10	Big Run, Doyles River, and Frazier	Wilderness valley, excellent camping and fishing, three popular waterfalls	circuit	MP 79.5
19.00	Big Meadows and Laurel Prong	Cascading streams, waterfalls, Rapidan Camp, Big Meadows	circuit	MP 49.4
21.00	Big Meadows, Hawksbill, and Rose River	Waterfalls and highest peak in the park, first night in Big Meadows Campground	circuit	MP 52.8
22.50	AT: Hawksbill to Swift Run	Mountaintop trek over three of the four highest peaks in the park	one way	MP 45.6

*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.