Massanutten Mountains: Below Rt. 675

Maps:

Software - Topo! Mid-Atlantic
PATC Maps G and H
National Geographic’s Trails Illustrated Map #792 Massanutten & Great North Mtn, GWNF, VA/WV
George Washington National Forest, VA&WV, USDA FSM, AGO. 1989

Books:

Guide to Massanutten Mountain Hiking Trails. Ed. 1993. Ed. 2000. Ed. 3, 2004
Tuscarora Trail: Southern Half (VA, WV). Ed. 3, 1997
Circuit Hikes in VA, WV, MD, PA. Ed. 5, 1994. Ed. 6, 2000
Cabins, PATC, 2004
The Trails of Virginia, Hiking the Old Dominion, 3d ed., Allen de Hart, 2003
Hike America: VA – an Atlas of VA’s Greatest Hiking Adventures, Bill and Mary Burnham, 2001
50 Hikes in Northern VA – Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mtns to the Chesapeake Bay, 2d ed., Leonard M. Atkins, 2000
Hiking Virginia’s National Forests, by Karin Wuertz-Schaefer. Ed. 7, 2001

Notes:

Massanutten Trail is always blazed Orange!
Maps and books are for the whole Massanutten Mountains, not just for this page

Hike 1. Scothon Gap - Rt. 211 - New Market Gap

Club: Jack and William leading for WMROP

Date: 06/15/2002

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: ScothonGap_Rt211NewMarketGap_GPS20020615.tpo

Warnings: steep downhill. Road stretch is dangerous.

Hike 2. Edinburg Gap - Jawbone Gap Trail

Club: Wanderbirds

Date: 09/29/2002

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: EdinburgGap_JawboneGapTr_GPS20020929.tpo

GPS TrackMaker Trace: EdinburgGap_JawboneGapTr_GPS20020929.gtm

Notes: very pretty hike. Good overlooks.

Warnings: saw a huge bare. It started following me, not chasing but rather out of curiosity. I went back to the slower people in the group, we made a lot of nose and it disappeared.

Hike 3. Gap Creek Trail - Duncan Knob - Camp Roosevelt - Massanutten Trail

Club: my scouting

Date: 10/26/2002

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: GapCreekTr_DuncanKnob_CampRoosevelt_MassTr_GPS20021026.tpo

Description File: GapCreekTr_DuncanKnob_CampRoosevelt_MassTr_GPS20021026.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: GapCreekTr_DuncanKnob_CampRoosevelt_MassTr_GPS20021026.gtm

Notes: the Strickler's Knob Trail is cleared now. Still a little too rugged but well blazed.

Hike 4. Camp Roosevelt - Waterfall Mountain

Club: Jack's and William's scouting trip

Date: 11/02/2002

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: CampRoosevelt_WaterfallMtn_GPS20021102.tpo

Description File: CampRoosevelt_WaterfallMtn_GPS20021102.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: CampRoosevelt_WaterfallMtn_GPS20021102.gtm

Hike 5. Gap Creek Trail - Duncan Knob - Burners Gap - Scothorn Gap Trail

Club: my scouting

Date: 04/27/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: GapCreekTr_DuncanKnob_BurnersGap_ScothornGapTr_GPS20030427.tpo

Description File: GapCreekTr_DuncanKnob_BurnersGap_ScothornGapTr_GPS20030427.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: GapCreekTr_DuncanKnob_BurnersGap_ScothornGapTr_GPS20030427.gtm

Notes: the hike where I confirmed that there is no public route to the Shenandoah River, that the ridge parallel to the Duncan Knob ridge does not have a trail. Met an interesting property owner and saw his mysterious pond.

Hike 6. Rt. 211 - Strickler Knob - Duncan Knob