Virginia. Shenandoah National Park. North Section

South-East of the Gravel Springs Gap

Maps:

Software - Topo! Mid-Atlantic
PATC Map 9, 10, 11
Shenandoah, Official Map and Guide, NPS, free (good for finding campgrounds and to see the general layout of the park)
Nat. Geographic. Trails Illustrated map. #228 Shenandoah National Park, VA
USGS 1:62,500 maps: USGS Shenandoah North, Middle, South: 1: 62,500

Books:

Circuit Hikes in Shenandoah National Park, Ed. 14, 1996
Appalachian Trail Guide to Shenandoah National Park with Side Trails, PATC. Ed. 12, 1999 (sometimes includes PATC Maps 9, 10, 11)
Hikes to Waterfalls in Shenandoah National Park, 1997
Hike America: VA – an Atlas of VA’s Greatest Hiking Adventures, Bill and Mary Burnham, 2001
75 Hikes in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, 2d ed, Russ Manning
50 Hikes in Northern VA – Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mtns to the Chesapeake Bay, 2^d ed., Leonard M. Atkins, 2000
Cabins, PATC, 2004
The Trails of Virginia, Hiking the Old Dominion, 3d ed., Allen de Hart, 2003
Waterfalls of VA and WV – a Hiking and Photography Guide, Kevin Adams, 2001
Hikes to Waterfalls in Shenandoah National Park, 1997

Historical books:

Shenandoah Secrets. The Story of the Park’s Hidden Past. Carolyn and Jack Reeder. PATC 1991
Shenandoah Vestiges. What Mtn. People Left Behind. Carolyn and Jack Reeder. PATC 1980
Shenahdoah Heritage. The Story of the People Before the Park. Carolyn and Jack Reeder. PATC 1978, reprint 2000
Memories of a Lewis Mtn. Man. John W. Stoneberger. PATC 1993
The Dean Mtn. Story. Gloria Dean. PATC 1982
Lost Trails and Forgotten People. PATC 1981. Ed. 3, 2004
Skyland. The Heart of the Shenandoah National Park, George Freeman Pollock, 1960

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. Overall Run - AT - Compton Hollow

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

Date: 08/05/2003; 09/12/2006

Parking: don't know

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: OverallRun_AT_ComptonHollow_GPS20030805CNolen.tpo; OverallRun_AT_ComptonHollow_GPS20060912JThorsen.tpo

Description File: OverallRun_AT_ComptonHollow_GPS20030805CNolen.doc

Hike 2. Overall Run - AT - Beecher Ridge Trail

Club: Shelley's Trace; Jack's merged trace

Date: 02/16/2004; 03/21/2006

Parking: don't know

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: OverallRun_AT_BeecherRidgeTr_GPS20040216SBurns.tpo; OverallRun_AT_BeecherRidge_ComptonHollow_GPS20060321Merged_JThorsen.tpo

Hike 3. Sterdley Falls

Club: me scouting

Date: 08/09/2003

Parking: good.

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SterdleyFalls_GPS20030809.tpo

Description File: SterdleyFalls_GPS20030809.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: SterdleyFalls_GPS20030812.gtm

Warnings: trail to the Sterdley Falls is a bushwhack on a very old, very steep and very overgrown with thorny vines trail. The waterfall is not impressive.

Hike 4. Sterdley Falls - Greasy Falls

Club: Jack's traces

Date: 03/13/2006

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: SterdleyFalls_GreasyFalls_GPS20060313JThorsen1.tpo; SterdleyFalls_GreasyFalls_GPS20060313JThorsen2.tpo; SterdleyFalls_GreasyFalls_GPS20060313Merged_JThorsen3.tpo; SterdleyFalls_GreasyFalls_GPS20060313Merged_JThorsen4.tpo

Warnings: trail to the Sterdley Falls is a bushwhack on a very old, very steep and very overgrown with thorny vines trail. The waterfall is not impressive.

Hike 5. Neighbor Mountain - AT -Knob Mountain