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Sweet Run State Park

Wortman Pond–Butterfly Alley Trail, 5 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Wortman Pond–Butterfly Alley Trail, 5 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Keys Gap, VA. The route passes Keys Gap before reaching Wortman Pond at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 852 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 39.26144, -77.76211
Nearest town Keys Gap, VA
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Wortman Pond–Butterfly Alley Trail, 5 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 459–938 ft

Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 39.26144, -77.76211

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:12 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. 0.6 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Arnold Lane, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Bridge Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Farmstead Loop, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miReach Wortman Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Bridge Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Arnold Lane, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miBear right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  18. 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/wortman-pond-butterfly-alley-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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