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Sweet Run State Park

Butterfly Alley Trail & Keys Gap via Appalachian Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 766 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Butterfly Alley Trail & Keys Gap via Appalachian Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Keys Gap, VA. The route reaches Keys Gap. It climbs 766 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 39.26144, -77.76211
Nearest town Keys Gap, VA
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Butterfly Alley Trail & Keys Gap via Appalachian Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 766 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 505–938 ft

Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 39.26144, -77.76211

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Keys Gap.
  3. 1.5 miTurn right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftReach Butterfly Alley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/butterfly-alley-trail-keys-gap-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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