Campfire Road–Foot Trail, 4 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 2,111 ft · 4 hr 19 min
Campfire Road–Foot Trail, 4 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Rolling Ridge Conservancy near Shannondale, WV. It climbs 2,111 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi581 – 1,660 ft · steepest grade: 24%10.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Campfire Road 39.19372, -77.82421
Nearest town Shannondale, WV
Directions
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Campfire Road–Foot Trail, 4 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 2,111 ft · 4 hr 19 min
Elevation 581–1,660 ft
Out & Back · Rolling Ridge Conservancy
Trailhead: Campfire Road · 39.19372, -77.82421
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Campfire Road, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Foot Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Perimeter Trail / Langdon Loop, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Perimeter / School House Camp Tyler Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto School House Camp Tyler Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Byrd Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Langdon Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Grand Boulevard, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Friends Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 2.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Foot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Campfire Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
92% dirt1% gravel7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:13 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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