Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve

Corner Pond & Big Meadow via Twin Springs

2 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 42 min

Corner Pond & Big Meadow via Twin Springs is a 2-mile out-and-back in Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve near Little Washington, VA. The route reaches Corner Pond. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi292 – 394 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.03311, -77.59820
Nearest town Little Washington, VA

Directions

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Corner Pond & Big Meadow via Twin Springs

2 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 42 min

Elevation 291–393 ft

Out & Back · Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 39.03311, -77.59820

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Corner Pond, heading E.
  3. 50 ftPass Corner Pond.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 250 ftSharp right onto Fern Valley, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Big Meadow, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Twin Springs, heading S.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Meadow, heading S.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Greenway, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miReach Corner Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Meadow, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftContinue straight onto Twin Springs, heading W.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Meadow, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Fern Valley, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  16. 200 ftTurn right onto Corner Pond, heading NW.
  17. 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

66% dirt20% gravel10% grass4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead