Great Eastern Trail Guidebook

Hancock, MD to I-64

(updated 3/6/2013)

This posted guidebook is a work in progress. The desired end result is a guidebook to fully describe the Great Eastern Trail from Hancock, Maryland south to Interstate 64 west of Covington, at the Allegheny Trail exit.

The Great Eastern Trail follows the Tuscarora Trail from Hancock, Maryland to just south of Waites Run Road on Mill Mountain. From there it follows trails continuing south on North Mountain along the Virginia/West Virginia state line for 25 miles, and then heads west over to Shenandoah Mountain, and follows that south for about 60 miles, then it heads west to meet the Allegheny Trail near Lake Sherwood. From there it follows the Allegheny Trail south to I-64.

I have divided this into 7 sections divided by major roads, and each section is divided into subsections between access points that can be used for day hikes.

I would appreciate any feedback, additions, corrections, etc. I am just starting to make GET hikes and a few more road investigations. I have pages for my trail section descriptions and trail condition reports. If I haven't got to it yet, or I don't have it posted, it won't have a link (yet). I'll include the date of when hiked or visited or when I plan to. But I will need help to get this done in a reasonable amount of time.

Section/Subsection

Section 1 : Hancock, MD (I-70, US 40) to Gore, VA (US 50) 50.5 miles

(Tuscarora Trail)

Section 1a: Hancock, MD to WV 9 (9.6 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 1b: WV 9 to Lower Campground (10.7 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 1c: Lower Campground to
Hampshire Grade Road (7.5 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 1d: Hampshire Grade Rd to Siler, VA Guide Condition report

(12.4 miles)

Section 1e: Siler, VA to US 50 (11.1 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 2 : Gore, VA (US 50) to US 48 & VA/WV 55 28.2 miles
(Tuscarora Trail)

Section 2a: US 50 to Back Creek Road (13.6 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 2b: Back Creek Road to
Capon Springs Road (7.2 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 2c: Capon Springs Road to
US 48 & VA/WV 55 (7.4 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 3 : US 48 & VA/WV 55 to VA 259 near Bergton, VA 42.6 miles
(Tuscarora Trail and North Mountain trails)

Section 3a: US 48, VA/WV 55 to
Waites Run Road (8.9 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 3b: Waites Run Road to
Wolf Gap (9.9 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 3c: Wolf Gap to CR 59 (5.9 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 3d: CR 59 to Dominion Towers (6.4 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 3e: Dominion Towers to
Hunkerson Gap (7.8 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 3f: Hunkerson Gap to VA 259 & VA 826 Guide Condition report

(5.7 miles)

Section 4 : VA 259 near Bergton to US 33 29.6 miles

Section 4a: VA 259 to Little Dry River Road Guide Condition report
(19.3 miles)

Section 4b: Little Dry River Road to US 33 Guide Condition report

(10.3 miles)

Section 5 : US 33 to US 250 30.0 miles
(Shenandoah Mountain)

Section 5a: US 33 to Briery Branch Gap (10.0 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 5b: Briery Branch Gap to FR 95 (9.8 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 5c: FR 95 to US 250 (10.2 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 6 : US 250 to US 220 41.3 miles
(Shenandoah Mountain, ridges west)

Section 6a: US 250 to Benson Run Road (7.5 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 6b: Benson Run Road to VA 627 (15.5 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 6c: VA 627 to Cowpasture River on VA 678
(2.6 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 6d: Cowpasture River on VA 678 to Guide Condition report
FR 1325 (7.8 miles)

Section 6e: VA 609/FR 1325 to US 220 (7.9 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 7 : US 220 to White Sulphur Springs, WV 60.2 miles

Section 7a: US 220 to VA 600 (12.8 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 7b: VA 600 & VA 39 (7.9 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 7c: VA 600 to Lake Sherwood (9.2 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 7d: Lake Sherwood to CR 14 (10.7 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 7e: CR 14 to Slash Lick Road (14.0 miles) Guide Condition report

Section 7f: Slash Lick Road to I-64 (5.6 miles) Guide Condition report

A Brief Guide to GET from White Sulphur Springs, WV to Pearisburg, VA

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