Best Easy Day Hikes Shenandoah National Park, 2nd

by Bert and Jane Gildart

• ISBN13: 9780762722730
• ISBN10: 0762722738
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Falcon

Summary

This guide features 28 of the best short hikes in Shenandoah National Park.

Author Biography

Bert Gildart and his wife, Jane Gildart, have hiked hundreds of miles throughout many wilderness and backcountry areas of the country. For 13 summers Bert Gildart served as a backcountry ranger in Glacier National Park. He has written more than 300 magazine articles. They live in Big Fork, Montana.

Table of Contents

What Is a ``Best Easy'' Hike?	1	(1)
Ranking the Hikes	2	(1)
Zero Impact	3	(2)
Shenandoah National Park	5	(96)
Getting There	6	(7)
Overview Maps	9	(4)
North District
Fox Hollow Trail, Mile 4.6	13	(3)
Snead Farm, Mile 5.1	16	(4)
Lands Run Falls, Mile 9.2	20	(3)
Traces Trail, Mile 22.2	23	(3)
Byrds Nest 4 Loop, Mile 28.5	26	(3)
Central District
Marys Rock, Mile 31.6	29	(4)
Corbin Cabin Cutoff/Nicholson Hollow/AT Loop, Mile 37.9	33	(5)
Stony Man Trail, Mile 41.7	38	(3)
Millers Head, Mile 42.5	41	(3)
Limberlost (wheelchair-accessible), Milepost 43	44	(3)
Bettys Rock and Crescent Rock, Mile 44.4	47	(3)
Hawksbill Summit, Mile 45.6	50	(4)
Whiteoak Canyon, Mile 45.6	54	(4)
Dark Hollow Falls, Mile 50.7	58	(3)
Story of the Forest Trail, Milepost 51	61	(2)
Lewis Spring Falls, Mile 51:2	63	(6)
Rapidan Camp, Mile 52.8	69	(3)
Bearfence Mountain, Mile 56.4	72	(4)
Pocosin Mission, Mile 59.5	76	(4)
South River Falls, Mile 62.8	80	(4)
South District
Powell Gap, Mile 69.9	84	(2)
Ivy Creek, Mile 77.5	86	(3)
Loft Mountain Loop, Mile 79.5	89	(3)
Blackrock Summit, Mile 84.8	92	(3)
Calvary and Chimney Rocks, Milepost 90	95	(3)
Calf Mountain, Mile 99.5	98	(3)
About the Authors	101