Virginia.  Shenandoah National Park.  Central Section
Page 3.  Old Rag Fire Road - Cedar Run Trail

 

Maps:

Books:

      Historical books:

Notes: Appalachian Trail (AT) is always blazed White

         In the Shenandoah Nat. Park Blue blazed trails are for hikers only, and Yellow are shared between horse riders and hikers

           The maps and books listed above are for the whole park, not just for this page

           Hikes in this section are organized North to South and then by date

 

 

Hike 1.  Little Stony Man - AT - Hawksbill - Crescent Rock Trail

 

Club: Chris Nolen and the Tuesday Group Hikers

Date: 12/30/2003

Parking: don't know

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: LittleStonyMan_AT_Hawksbill_CrescentRockTr_GPS20031230CNolen.tpo

Description File: LittleStonyMan_AT_Hawksbill_CrescentRockTr_GPS20031230CNolen.doc

 

 

Hike 2.  Little Stony Man - AT - Hawksbill - White Oak Canyon Trail

 

Club: Chris Nolen and the Tuesday Group Hikers; Jack's trace

Date: 05/29/2003; 11/21/2006

Parking: don't know

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: LittleStonyMan_AT_Hawksbill_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20030529CNolen.tpo; LittleStonyMan_AT_Hawksbill_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20061121JThorsen.tpo

Notes: notice the hikes were done in the opposite directions

 

 

Hike 3.  Miller Falls - AT

 

Club: Jack's trace; Jack and me scouting;

Date: 02/05/2006

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: MillersFalls_AT_GPS20061203.tpo; MillersFalls_AT_GPS20060205Incomplete_Waypoints_JThorsen.tpo

Description File: MillersFalls_AT_GPS20061203.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: MillersFalls_AT_GPS20061203.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: MillersFalls_AT_GPS20061203.gdb

Notes: Miller Falls are not spectacular in my opinion.

Photo Album: MillersFalls_AT_GPS20061203

Warnings: hard bushwhack.

 

 

Hike 4.  Millers Head - Timber Hollow  - Skyline Drive

 

Club: Jack and me scouting; Jack's merged trace for the Timber Hollow

Date: 02/05/2006

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: MillersHead_TimberHollow_SLD_GPS20060205.tpo; MillersHead_TimberHollow_SLD_GPS20060205JThorsen.tpo; TimberHollowl_GPS20060615MergedJThorsen.tpo

Description File: MillersHead_TimberHollow_SLD_GPS20060205.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: MillersHead_TimberHollow_SLD_GPS20060205.gtm

Notes: very interesting bushwhack, particularly the Timber Hollow

Photo Album: MillersHead_TimberHollow_SLD_GPS20060205

Warnings: strenuous

 

 

Hike 5.  White Oak Canyon Trail - AT - Old Rag Fire Road

 

Club: Chris Nolen and the Tuesday Group Hikers

Date: 03/11/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: WhiteoakCanyonTr_AT_OldRagFireRd_GPS20030311CNolen.tpo

Notes: variation of the classical Cedar Run - Hawksbill - White Oak Canyon hike

 

 

Hike 6.  Cedar Run Trail - Hawksbill - Old Rag Fire Road_

 

Club: I was substituting for Jack and William on an MWROP hike

Date: 01/11/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_OldRagFireRd_GPS20030111.tpo

Description File: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_OldRagFireRd_20030111.doc - instructions from William

GPS TrackMaker Trace: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_OldRagFireRd_GPS20030111.gtm

Notes: the plan was to do Robertson Mountain Trail instead of the Old Rag Fire Road, but it got too late and the group was too large for me to gamble

 

 

Hike 7.  Cedar Run Trail - Hawksbill - AT - White Oak Canyon Trail

 

Club: don't remember

Date: 01/13/2007; 05/08/2005

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_AT_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20070113.tpo; CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_CrescentRockTr_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20050508Incomplete.tpo

GPS TrackMaker Trace: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_AT_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20070113.gtm; CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_CrescentRockTr_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20050508Incomplete.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_AT_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20070113.gdb

Notes: classical hike.  Swimming holes.  Waterfalls. Wildflowers.

Photo Album: CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_AT_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20070113; CedarRunTr_Hawksbill_CrescentRockTr_WhiteoakCanyonTr_GPS20050508

Warnings: can be crowded.

 

 

Hike 8.  White Oak Road

 

Club: Len Wheat leading on Bob Pickett's hike with PATC

Date: 11/18/2006

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: WhiteoakRd_GPS20061118.tpo

Printable map: WhiteOakRd_GPS20061118Map.GIF; WhiteOakRd_GPS20061118_prnMap.tif

Description File: WhiteoakRd_GPS20061118.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: WhiteoakRd_GPS20061118.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: WhiteoakRd_GPS20061118.gdb

Notes: House remnants, pre-park steam engine, first time I saw the Wheel Bug.

Photo Album: WhiteoakRd_GPS20061118

Warnings: bushwhack

 


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