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Sweet Run State Park

WeatherTop Knob & Overlook–Butterfly Alley Trail, 4 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,542 ft · 4 hr 52 min

WeatherTop Knob & Overlook–Butterfly Alley Trail, 4 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Neersville, VA. The route passes Keys Gap before reaching WeatherTop Knob & Overlook at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 1,542 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi512 – 1,529 ft12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Sweet Run Trail 39.27651, -77.73736
Nearest town Neersville, VA
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WeatherTop Knob & Overlook–Butterfly Alley Trail, 4 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,542 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 512–1,529 ft

Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park

Trailhead: Upper Sweet Run Trail · 39.27651, -77.73736

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Bypass Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.5 miPass Keys Gap.
  7. 3.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 200 ftReach WeatherTop Knob & Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 5.1 miTurn right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bypass Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.4 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-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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