VA Section 29 Pictures - Milemarker 0.0 - 1.5

VA 624 - Lost Spectacles Gap

Move your mouse across the pictures for more information.

mm 0.0 Trail crossing and parking on VA 624. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 0.0 Trail crossing and parking on VA 624.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 0.0 close-up of roadside parking on VA 624. Room for only about 3 cars. Courtesy cabincellars@yahoo.com
mm 0.0 close-up of roadside parking on VA 624. Room for only about 3 cars.
Submitted by cabincellars@yahoo.com

USFS parking lot on VA 311. From here one can get to the AT at mm 0.4 and 1.5. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
USFS parking lot on VA 311. From here one can get to the AT at mm 0.4 and 1.5.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 0.4 Junction with the Boy Scout Trail (right fork in picture). This leads 0.4 miles to the USFS parking lot. The left fork is the southbound AT. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 0.4 Junction with the Boy Scout Trail (right fork in picture). This leads 0.4 miles to the USFS parking lot. The left fork is the southbound AT.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 0.7 Campsite in col at the base of the rocky, narrow ridge known as Rawles Rest. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 0.7 Campsite in col at the base of the rocky, narrow ridge known as Rawles Rest.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

View from the ridge known as Rawles Rest towards McAfee Knob. Taken at approx. mm 0.9 Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
View from the ridge known as Rawles Rest towards Fort Lewis Mountain. Taken at approx. mm 0.9
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

Ledge near top of Rawles Rest. Taken at approx. mm 1.0 Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
Ledge near top of Rawles Rest. Taken at approx. mm 1.0
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

Yes, the trail really does go up this rock. Taken at approx. mm 1.3 Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
Yes, the trail really does go up this rock. Taken at approx. mm 1.3
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu