|
Trail |
Description |
Milepost/Directions |
Distance (round trip miles) |
|
Easy |
|
Mountain Farm Trail
|
Self-guiding |
5.9 - From Humpback Visitor Center to Pioneer Farmstead |
0.25 |
|
The
Priest |
|
17.6 |
0.1 |
|
Boston Knob
|
|
38.8 |
0.1 |
|
White Oak Flats
|
|
55.2 |
0.1 |
|
James River Trail
|
Self-guiding to Canal Locks |
63.6 |
0.2 |
|
Thunder Ridge Trail
|
View
of Arnold Valley |
74.7 |
0.1 |
|
Onion Mountain Loop Trail
|
|
79.7 |
0.1 |
|
Abbott Lake Trail
|
|
85.7 |
1 |
|
Elk Run Trail
|
|
85.9 |
0.8 |
|
Stewarts Knob Trail
|
|
110.6 |
0.05 |
|
Roanoke River Trail
|
Self-guiding
river loop |
114.9 |
0.35 |
|
Rocky Knob Picnic Loop Trail
|
|
169 |
1 |
|
Mountain Industry Trail
|
|
176.2 |
0.5 |
|
Moderate |
|
Catoctin Loop Trail
|
|
8.4 |
0.3 |
|
Greenstone Trail
|
Greenstone geology formation; oak hickory forest |
8.8 |
0.2 |
|
White Rock
Falls Trail Connection |
|
18.5 |
2.9 |
|
White Rock Falls Trail
|
|
20 |
0.9 |
|
Big Spy Mountain
|
View
of Shenandoah Valley |
26.3 |
0.1 |
|
Yankee Horse
|
To
logging RR exhibit & small waterfall |
34.4 |
0.2 |
|
Indian Gap
|
|
47.5 |
0.3 |
|
Otter Creek Trail
|
|
60.8 |
3.5 |
|
Otter Lake Trail
|
|
63.1 |
0.8 |
|
Trail of Trees Trail
|
|
63.6 |
0.5 |
|
Fallingwater Cascades Trail National Recreation Trail |
|
83.1 |
1.6 |
|
Flat Top Trail
|
Leads
to highest of three prominent peaks in area |
83.5 |
4.4 |
|
Johnson Farm Loop Trail
|
Loop
to restored mountain farm |
85.9 |
2.1 |
|
Harkening Hill Trail
|
elevation -3300
feet |
85.9 - begin at
Peaks Visitor Center |
3.3 |
|
Appalachian Trail
|
|
91- VA 695 to
Sharp Top Mtn. Overlook |
1.9 |
|
Appalachian Trail
|
Sharp Top
Mountain. Overlook to Harvey's Knob Overlook |
92.5 |
2.9 |
|
Appalachian Trail
|
Harvey's Knob
Overlook to Montvale Overlook |
95.4 |
0.6 |
|
Appalachian Trail
|
Montvale
Overlook to Taylor's Mountain Overlook |
95.9 |
1 |
|
Appalachian Trail
|
Taylor's
Mountain Overlook to Blackhorse Gap |
97 |
0.8 |
|
Roanoke Mountain Summit Trail
|
|
120.4 |
0.11 |
|
Chestnut Ridge Trail
|
|
120.5 - adjacent
to Roanoke Mountain campground |
1.75 |
|
Roanoke Valley Horse Trail
|
|
121.4 - begins
at U.S. Hwy 220 and parallels Parkway to Milepost 110.6 |
18.5 |
|
Buck Mountain Trail
|
|
123.2 |
0.53 |
|
Smart View Loop Trail
|
|
154.5 |
2.6 |
|
Hardwood Cove Self-Guiding Nature Trail
|
part of Rock
Castle Loop |
167.1 |
0.8 |
|
Black Ridge Trail
|
|
169 - Rocky Knob
Visitor Center to Black Ridge to Grassy Knoll and back to Visitor
Center |
3.1 |
|
Round Meadow Creek Loop Trail
|
Walk through a
stream bottom forest |
179.2 |
0.5 |
|
Strenuous |
|
Appalachian Trail
|
|
6 - Humpback Gap parking area to Humpback Mountain |
2 |
|
Apple Orchard Falls Trail
|
|
78.4 - Sunset
Field Overlook to view of Apple Orchard Falls; National Recreation
Trail |
1.2 |
|
Sharp Top Trail
|
|
86 - from camp
store to summit of Sharp Top Mtn.; elevation - 3875 feet; 360 degree
panoramic view |
1.5 |
|
Spec Mine Trail
|
|
96 - USFS Trail
begins near Montvale Overlook, to State Rt. 645 in Botetourt County |
2.8 |
|
Rock Castle Gorge Trail
|
|
167.1 - loop
from campground along ridge over Rocky Knob and into gorge for
7-mile return to campground |
10.8 |
