GET Guidebook 3c

Edition 8/12/2018

 

Section 3c
Wolf Gap to VA 691/CR 59
5.9 miles (3.5 miles road walk)

View of Tibbet Knob from VA 691

Parking

  1. North end of section at Wolf Gap.  Go 11.6 miles west of I-81 Exit 279 on VA 675 (at VA 42 in Columbia Furnace, turn right, then left, then left again, staying on VA 675).  Wolf Gap is on right at state line.  A parking area is within the loop on the right. 
  2. Trailhead of Tibbett Knob Trail onto VA 691.  From VA 675 9.8 miles from I-81 Exit 279 turn left on VA 789, go 0.3 mile, turn right on VA 691 (Judge Rye Road, although signs at this intersection are incomplete), go 1.9 mile.  At top of hill, Tibbet Knob Trail is on right, and parking is available. 
  3. Trailhead of Long Mountain Trail onto VA 691, on right.  This is 4.5 miles from VA 789 (2.6 miles past Tibbet Knob Trail). 
  4. There is parking along VA 691 5.4 miles from VA 789 (3.4 miles past Tibbet Knob Trail) on left, just before south end of this section. 

Shuttle

  North to South:  Exit Wolf Gap area and turn left on VA 675 and go 1.8 miles to VA 789 (Sam Clark Road, but no signs indicating it so) and turn right.  Go 0.3 mile, turn right on Judge Rye Road (VA 691, but no sign for it) and go 5.4 miles. 
  South to North:  Go north/east on VA 691 5.4 miles and turn left on Sam Clark Road (VA 789, although no signs indicating it so).  In 0.3 mile turn left on VA 675 and turn left.  Go 1.8 miles to state line and turn right into Wolf Gap area. 

Maps

  PATC Map F
  USGS 7.5' Quadrangles: Wolf Gap, WV/VA

 

Trail Condition Report

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