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    Shenandoah

    National Park Virginia

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Water Sources & Conditions

The springs are listed in order, from north (US 522) to south (Calf Mt. Hut) along the Appalachian Trail.

Mile Along AT

Spring Location

Comments

Tom Floyd Wayside

No Report

5.3

Indian Run Maintenance Building Area Good flow (8/21/12)

14.3

Hogwallow Flats

Stagnant; Shallow pool (7/24/12)

14.3

Gravel Springs Hut low flow/ pool (10/12/12)

19.4

Range View Cabin 12 sec/ltr (8/21/12)

20.7

Elkwallow

10 sec/ltr (10/17/12)

26.4

Pass Mountain Hut

Dry; no pool (9/27/12)

34.7

Byrds Nest #3

Excellent; 5 sec/ltr (10/24/12)

44.3

Hawksbill Gap Excellent; 12 sec/ltr (8/21/12)

45.6

Rock Spring Hut

Good; 10 sec/ltr (9/21/12)

57.1

Bearfence Mountain Hut

Very shallow pool (8/21/12)

59.8

Pocosin Cabin

20 sec/ltr (8/21/12)

63.1

South River Maintenance Building

Upper box good (8/21/12)

69.5

Hightop Hut

No flow; shallow pool (9/14/12)

77.7

Pinefield Hut

No flow; shallow pool (9/14/12)

81.4

Ivy Creek Maintenance Building

Excellent; 6 sec/ltr (8/21/12)

85.7

Doyles River Trail near cabin

Very slow drip; shallow pool (8/22/12)

90.9

Blackrock Hut

Excellent; 10 sec/ltr (10/06/12)

97 Jarman Gap

Dry (8/21/12)

103.9

Calf Mountain Hut

Slow trickle; 40 sec/ltr (8/21/12)


Skyline Drive mile

Water Source Location

Water Availability

4.8

Dickey Ridge VC/Picnic area

frost free hydrant (year round)

22.1

Piney River Maintenance Office

frost free hydrant (year round)

24

Elkwallow Picnic Area

frost free hydrant (year round)

31.6

Thornton Gap Entrance Station

frost free hydrant (year round)
Needs to be treated

31.6

Panorama

year round (comfort station)
Needs to be treated

36.7

Pinnacles Picnic area

frost free hydrant (year round)

42

Skyland area

frost free hydrant (stables/housing area) (year round)

51

Big Meadows area (2)

frost free hydrant (Maintenance area/year round) (BVC comfort station/year round)

57.8

Lewis Mtn. CG and Picnic area

seasonal

62.8

South River Picnic area

seasonal

65.4

Swift Run Entrance Station

frost free hydrant (year round)

73.1

Simmons Gap area (2)

frost free hydrant (trail cache and Maintenance area/year round)

80

Loft Mtn CG and Wayside area

seasonal

83.6

Dundo CG

frost free hydrant (year round)





Did You Know?

The green sharply serrated leaves of chestnut shoots can be found throughout the park.

American chestnut trees, whose trunks were killed off by a fungus blight long ago, still send up shoots that you can see along many of Shenandoah National Park’s trails.