Hunting Creek Trail
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| | I just hiked ''Hunting Creek Trail'' Saturday June, 26 2010. I would not recommend this trail to anyone. This trail shows no sign of any maintenance having been done to it for a long time. At times, due to over growth, I was not even sure that I was still on the trail. In other places it was like walking in a very rocky dry creek bed.
There are two was to get on this trail. The first is by parking at Thunder Ridge overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway |
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and walking about ¾ of a mile south on the Appalachian Trail. If you start here the trail immediately starts downhill. You will then have to walk back up hill to get back to your car. I usually try to do my day hikes by starting out
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To get to the other end of the trail you will have to drive about 3 ½ miles on a gravel road after you pass the sign that says end state maintenance. Says J. Clark
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| These outdoors activities are available near Hunting Creek Trail. |
| | Camp Grounds Near Hunting Creek Trail:
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Yogi Bear's Jellystone At Natural Bridge, Natural Bridge Station
, 4 miles away |
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Smith Tract Campground, Rockbridge County
, 5 miles away |
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Colon Hollow Shelter Campground, Botetourt County
, 7 miles away |
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Jefferson National Forest, Natural Bridge
, 8 miles away |
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Natural Bridge Koa, Natural Bridge
, 9 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Hunting Creek Trail:
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James River, Rockbridge/ Amherst
County
, 6 miles away, Class II-III - 5 miles long (Glasgow to Snowden) |
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North Creek, Botetourt
County
, 7 miles away, Class II-IV - 2.5 miles long (Campground to Jennings Creek) |
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James River, Amherst/ Bedford
County
, 7 miles away, Class I-II - 29 miles long (Snowden to Six Mile) |
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Jennings Creek, Botetourt
County
, 9 miles away, Class II-III - 4.5 miles long (Route 614 to James River) |
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Hay's Creek, Rockbridge
County
, 14 miles away, Class II-III(V+) - 1.25 miles long (Eastfields to Walker's Creek) |
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| | Public Lands Near Hunting Creek Trail:
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Booker T Washington National Monument, Hardy - VA
, 27 miles away |
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Smith Mountain Lake State Park, Virginia
, 26 miles away |
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Douthat State Park, Virginia
, 29 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Hunting Creek Trail:
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Natural Bridge Hotel, Natural Bridge
, 7 miles away |
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Peaks of Otter Lodge, Bedford
, 9 miles away |
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Super 8 Bedford, Bedford
, 12 miles away |
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Days Inn Bedford, Bedford
, 12 miles away |
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Red Carpet Inn Lexington, Lexington
, 13 miles away |
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