Appalachian Trail: VA 614 to Blue Ridge Parkway
Appalachian Trail: VA 614 to Blue Ridge Parkway
You'll gain 3,000 feet by the end of this 12.9-miler that runs from Jennings Creek to the top of Apple Orchard Mountain.
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Shelters: Bryant Ridge Shelter; sleeps 20. Cornelius Creek Shelter; sleeps 6.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 20.8
Waypoints
WPT036
Location: 37.5193824768066, -79.510383605957
Guillotine
WPT005
Location: 37.5328674316406, -79.5936660766602
Small stream adjacent to trail
WPT011
Location: 37.5340843200684, -79.5879516601562
Old trail to the E
WPT038
Location: 37.5200996398926, -79.5067138671875
Field
WPT014
Location: 37.5306816101074, -79.5855178833008
Trail to shelter
WPT006
Location: 37.5330848693848, -79.5932846069336
Small stream
WPT034
Location: 37.5171852111816, -79.5119323730469
Meadow
WPT010
Location: 37.5350494384766, -79.5902862548828
Tiny stream
WPT023
Location: 37.504768371582, -79.5544509887695
Down
WPT009
Location: 37.5346488952637, -79.5916519165039
Trail to campsite and water (50 ft.)
ZZZ053
Location: 37.5245513916016, -79.5052490234375
Upper Blue Ridge Parkway mile-marker 76.3
WPT015
Location: 37.530517578125, -79.5855331420898
Bryant Ridge Shelter
WPT008
Location: 37.5328330993652, -79.5927810668945
Telephone line
WPT021
Location: 37.5135650634766, -79.5573196411133
Trail to spring; campsite
WPT031
Location: 37.509765625, -79.5228805541992
Apple Orchard Falls Trail
WPT007
Location: 37.5331153869629, -79.5926513671875
Tiny stream
WPT013
Location: 37.5331001281738, -79.5858154296875
Campsite (room for 2 tents)
WPT016
Location: 37.5285682678223, -79.5851669311524
Small stream
WPT022
Location: 37.5070648193359, -79.5557022094726
Flat
WPT030
Location: 37.5065841674805, -79.5356979370117
Cornelius Creek. Side trail to the W
WPT004
Location: 37.5339164733887, -79.6036148071289
Trail crests small summit
WPT020
Location: 37.5144844055176, -79.5580520629883
Trail descends
WPT019
Location: 37.5201988220215, -79.5703964233398
Trail descends
WPT026
Location: 37.494068145752, -79.5470962524414
Cornelius Shelter
WPT024
Location: 37.499584197998, -79.5553970336914
Floyd Mtn.
WPT002
Location: 37.5293502807617, -79.6230163574219
AT turns W; woods
ZZZ052
Location: 37.5290184020996, -79.6225967407226
VA 614. Parking. Trail to big campsite
WPT025
Location: 37.494701385498, -79.5471649169922
Trail to shelter
WPT018
Location: 37.5240669250488, -79.5720672607422
Flat
WPT028
Location: 37.501766204834, -79.5382690429688
Black Rock Overlook
WPT039
Location: 37.5213508605957, -79.5058135986328
Wilderness
WPT033
Location: 37.5168647766113, -79.5137634277344
Apple Orchard Mtn.
WPT003
Location: 37.5318183898926, -79.6091537475586
Campsite (room for 1 tent)
WPT035
Location: 37.5173683166504, -79.5114135742188
Apple Orchard Mtn. Cross VW 330
WPT017
Location: 37.528434753418, -79.5851516723633
Blue-blazed trail to the E
WPT012
Location: 37.5337829589844, -79.5856704711914
Small stream
WPT032
Location: 37.5105514526367, -79.5225830078125
Parker Gap (gravel road)
WPT037
Location: 37.5197334289551, -79.5074157714844
Wilderness
WPT027
Location: 37.5012512207031, -79.5375366210938
Trail to overlook
WPT029
Location: 37.5036849975586, -79.5356979370117
Bridge
DSCF5529
Location: 37.5300827026367, -79.5855178833008
DSCF5528
Location: 37.530216217041, -79.5855865478516
DSCF5513
Location: 37.5294342041016, -79.6223831176758
DSCF5538
Location: 37.4938011169434, -79.5470352172852
DSCF5555
Location: 37.5171012878418, -79.5121536254883
DSCF5542
Location: 37.5016822814941, -79.538200378418
