Beech Island–Driftwood Island, 8 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Beech Island–Driftwood Island, 8 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Sugarland Run, VA. The route passes Overlook rock, lower, Overlook rock, high and Beech Island before reaching Driftwood Island at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 364 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beech Island–Driftwood Island, 8 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Elevation 180–335 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park
Trailhead: Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail · 39.02933, -77.37169
Weather Sep 22: Rain, high 64°F / low 58° · precip 76% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Unblazed, no color, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Unblazed, connector to Green Trail North, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Overlook rock, lower.
- 450 ftPass Overlook rock, high.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Unblazed, road to bench by river, heading N.
- 150 ftPass Beech Island.
- 50 ftPass Driftwood Island.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto DCWA, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail to West Gravel Road, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Beech Island, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto DCWA, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Unblazed, road to bench by river, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Unblazed, connector to Green Trail North, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sugarland Run Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Seneca Ridge MS / Sugarland Run Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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