Great Eastern Trail GuidebookHancock, MD to I-64(updated 7/4/2010) 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) 50.8 miles (Tuscarora Trail)
Section 1a: Hancock, MD to WV 9 (9.8 miles) Guide Condition report
Section 1b: WV 9 to Lower Campground (9.9 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 28.8 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 44.2 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 (9.5 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 30.0 miles
Section 4a: VA 259 to Little Dry River Road Guide Condition report
(19.4 miles) Section 4b: Little Dry River Road to US 33 Guide Condition report (10.3 miles) Section 5 : US 33 to US 250 31.7 miles
(Shenandoah Mountain)
Section 5a: US 33 to Briery Branch Gap (10.5 miles) Guide Condition report Section 5b: Briery Branch Gap to FR 95 (10.7 miles) Guide Condition report Section 5c: FR 95 to US 250 (10.5 miles) Guide Condition report Section 6 : US 250 to US 220 39.3 miles
(Shenandoah Mountain, ridges west) Section 6a: US 250 to Benson Run Road (7.7 miles) Guide Condition report Section 6b: Benson Run Road to VA 627 (15.7 miles) Guide Condition report Section 6c: VA 627 to Cowpasture River on VA 678
(2.8 miles) Guide Condition report Section 6d: Cowpasture River on VA 678 to Guide Condition report
FR 1325 (7.8 miles) Section 6We: VA 609/FR 1325 to US 220 (7.3 miles) Guide Condition report Section 7 : US 220 to I-64 Section 7Wa: US 220 to VA 600 (12.8 miles) Guide Condition report Section 7Wb: VA 600 & VA 39 (7.9 miles) Guide Condition report Section 7Wc: VA 600 to Lake Sherwood (8.8 miles) Guide Condition report Section 7Wd: Lake Sherwood to CR 14 (10.5 miles) Guide Condition report Section 7We: CR 14 to Slash Run Road (11.9 miles) Guide Condition report
Section 7Wf: Slash Run Road to I-64 Guide Condition report
I have proposed a GET Reroute that would be farther east than the original route, bypassing the gap in the Allegheny Trail south of I-64. This would make a different set of sections from 6d and the set of Sections in 7. In this case, the sections would be:
Section 6d: Cowpasture River on VA 678 to Guide Condition report
VA 39 at Bath Alum
Section 7 VA 39 to I-64
Section 7Ea: VA 39 at Bath Alum to Guide Condition report
Left Prong Wilson Creek (13.0 miles)
Section 7Eb: Left Prong Wilson Creek to VA 606 Guide Condition report
(9.2 miles)
Section 7Ec: VA 606 to I-64 (10.8 miles) Guide Condition report
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