GET Guidebook 3b

Edition 8/12/2018

 

Section 3b
BIG SCHLOSS
Waites Run Road to Wolf Gap
9.9 miles

Parking

  1. North end of section at Waites Run.  Go 19 miles west of I-81 Exit 296 on VA 55 (US 48) to Furnace Road (CR 5/4) (just after the gas station) and turn left.  Go 0.6 mile to T-intersection; turn right on North Mountain Road (CR 5) and then left on Waites Run Road (CR 5/1).  Pass a swimming pool and tennis courts.  Go 5.2 miles on Waites Run Road and just before crossing Waites Run the third time, the Tuscarora Pond Run Trail comes down from the right.  Park on the left side of the road on either side of the bridge.
  2. South 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. 

Shuttle

  North to south:  Go back on Waites Run Road (CR 5/1) to 5.2 miles to North Mountain Road (CR 5) and turn left.  Follow it 0.9 mile to WV 55 & 259 & US 48 and turn left.  Go 0.2 mile and turn left on Trout Run Road (CR 23/10) and follow it 13.5 miles to state line; Wolf Gap parking is on left. 
 South to north:  Exit Wolf Gap area and turn right into West Virginia on Trout Run Road (CR 23/10).  Go 13.5 miles to WV 55 & 259 & US 48 and turn right.  In 0.2 mile turn right onto North Mountain Road (CR 5) and go 0.9 mile.  Turn right on Waites Run Road (CR 5/1) and go 5.2 miles and just before crossing Waites Run for the third time, find Tuscarora Pond Run Trail on right. 

Maps

 PATC Map F
 USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangles: Wardensville, WV/VA; Wolf Gap, WV/VA
 National Geographic Map 792 -- Massanutten & Great North Mtn

Multi-use -- Horses and mountain bikes are allowed.  Horse trailer turn-around is possible in Wolf Creek Campground. 

 

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