78 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA - Secciones 9.1 y 8 - Shenandoah National Park - De Hawksbill Lower Gap a Thorton Gap
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- Distance
- 12.96 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,002 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,285 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,934 ft
- TrailRank
- 69
- Min elevation
- 2,290 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours 22 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1835
- Uploaded
- May 29, 2016
- Recorded
- May 2016
near Skyland, Virginia (United States)
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Stage 78
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 77 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA -Sections 10.1 and 9.2 - Shenandoah National Park - From Lewis Mountain Cabins to Hawksbill Gap
⇒ Link to the next stage: 79 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA - Section 7 - Shenandoah National Park - From Thorton Gap to Gravel Springs Gap
Tour of the Appalachian Trail ( Appalachian Trail ), as it passes through the state of Virginia (United States), from south to north, inside the Shenandoah National Park.
The Shenandoah National Park is one of the great American national parks. Created in 1935 from the expropriation of agricultural and livestock land by the state of Virginia, and subsequent donation of them to the federal government. It has a total area of 80,602 hectares (806 square kilometers), 40% of which is declared a protected natural space and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
A singularity of this immense national park is that it can be traveled by car following the well-known Skyline Drive, a magnificent road that follows the mountain ridges of the park, for 169 kilometers, with continuous and spectacular viewpoints to the east and west.
The Appalachian Trail also runs primarily through the highlands of this mountainous area, but far enough from the Skyline Drive to isolate its route from tourist pressure. Even so, the AT intersects with the road at numerous points, allowing easy and convenient access to the trail, from the many existing parking lots.
The stage corresponds to sections 9.1 and 8, according to the official distribution of sections of the Appalachian Trail in the state of Virginia, and begins at Hawksbill Lower Gap (located at mile 45.6 of the Skyline Drive), up to Thornton Gap, US 21 ( located at mile 31.5).
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⇐ Link to the previous stage: 77 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA -Sections 10.1 and 9.2 - Shenandoah National Park - From Lewis Mountain Cabins to Hawksbill Gap
⇒ Link to the next stage: 79 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - VIRGINIA - Section 7 - Shenandoah National Park - From Thorton Gap to Gravel Springs Gap
Tour of the Appalachian Trail ( Appalachian Trail ), as it passes through the state of Virginia (United States), from south to north, inside the Shenandoah National Park.
The Shenandoah National Park is one of the great American national parks. Created in 1935 from the expropriation of agricultural and livestock land by the state of Virginia, and subsequent donation of them to the federal government. It has a total area of 80,602 hectares (806 square kilometers), 40% of which is declared a protected natural space and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
A singularity of this immense national park is that it can be traveled by car following the well-known Skyline Drive, a magnificent road that follows the mountain ridges of the park, for 169 kilometers, with continuous and spectacular viewpoints to the east and west.
The Appalachian Trail also runs primarily through the highlands of this mountainous area, but far enough from the Skyline Drive to isolate its route from tourist pressure. Even so, the AT intersects with the road at numerous points, allowing easy and convenient access to the trail, from the many existing parking lots.
The stage corresponds to sections 9.1 and 8, according to the official distribution of sections of the Appalachian Trail in the state of Virginia, and begins at Hawksbill Lower Gap (located at mile 45.6 of the Skyline Drive), up to Thornton Gap, US 21 ( located at mile 31.5).
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3,376 ft
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Wilderness hut
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