Perimeter Trail & Ridge to River / Perimeter / Power Line Trail via Appalachian Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 809 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Perimeter Trail & Ridge to River / Perimeter / Power Line Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Rolling Ridge Conservancy near Valley View, VA. It climbs 809 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi623 – 1,293 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Connector path 39.14207, -77.82757
Nearest town Valley View, VA
Directions
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Perimeter Trail & Ridge to River / Perimeter / Power Line Trail via Appalachian Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 809 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 622–1,292 ft
Out & Back · Rolling Ridge Conservancy
Trailhead: Connector path · 39.14207, -77.82757
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:13 PM
- Start on Connector path, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ridge to River Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge to River / Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge to River / Perimeter / Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Grand Boulevard, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Byrd Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto School House Camp Tyler Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Ridge to River / Perimeter / Power Line Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto School House Camp Tyler Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Byrd Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Langdon Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Grand Boulevard, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Ridge to River / Perimeter / Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Ridge to River / Power Line Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge to River Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Connector path, heading SE.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
98% dirt2% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:13 PM
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