A quick out-and-back that ends in a lovely, if crowded, vista over farmland. If nothing else, you can admire the acrobatics that the graffitiers must be executing.
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Big Flat Mountain Loop via Appalachian Trail
On an overcast day with mist rolling through the woods, we embarked upon a ramble through Shenandoah National Park on Big Flat Mountain Loop.
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Bearfence Mountain Trail, Shenandoah National Park
Bearfence Mountain is a short but challenging rock scramble, with echoes of Piatra Mica in Romania. Hike the Piatra Craiului Mountains without a passport or an airplane or an international layover!
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Big Run Loop, Shenandoah National Park
Short, easy, pretty. Have lunch afterward at nearby Rocky Top Overlook in the shade of the big tree.
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Jones Run Trail to Pinefield Gap on the Appalachian Trail, Shenandoah National Park
Extend the popular Doyles River Falls Trail for some uncrowded time in the woods.
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