Don’t be fooled by the elevation map! Stretching its 2700 feet of elevation over a pleasantly wooded 14 miles, Pen Mar to Old Forge is a gently rolling death march, not the alpine jungle gym it may appear to be.
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Fox’s Gap to Washington Monument
No, not the pointy one in DC. Out on the Appalachian Trail in Boonsboro, there is a short squatty one made of stones. In an
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White Oak Canyon and Cedar Run Trails Loop, Shenandoah National Park
I make no excuses or apologies for the gratuitous number of waterfall photos that follow. You’ve been warned.
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Dark Hollow Falls and Rose River Trails, Shenandoah National Park
While hanging out an old church that had been converted to an AirBnB by an artist, we hiked the Dark Hollow Falls trail to the Rose River loop in Shenandoah National Park.
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Gathland State Park to Harpers Ferry on the Appalachian Trail
The 10.5-mile, mostly downhill hike from Gathland State Park south to historic Harpers Ferry is an easy day hike on the southern end of the
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