VA Section 38 Pictures - Milemarker 0.0 - 4.9

VA 623 - Walker Gap

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mm 0.0 Pkg area on VA 623. Four vehicles can easily park here. Courtesy fredmugs@sbcglobal.net
mm 0.0 Pkg area on VA 623. Four vehicles can easily park here.
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mm 0.2 View of Burkes Garden from a rock ledge just off the trail. This is at the high point of the trail on Garden Mountain. Unfortunately it was a warm hazy day. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 0.2 View of Burkes Garden from a rock ledge just off the trail. This is at the high point of the trail on Garden Mountain. Unfortunately it was a warm hazy day.
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mm 1.0 Another view of Burkes Garden Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 1.0 Another view of Burkes Garden
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Rocky, side sloped section of AT on Garden Mountain GPS N37.0656 W 81.3353 Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
Rocky, side sloped section of AT on Garden Mountain GPS N37.0656 W 81.3353
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mm 4.3 At a saddle in Garden Mountain a orange blazed trail forks off eastward, AT ascends knob of Garden Mountain straight ahead. This was taken in January 2012. In May of 2011 this was blazed with parallel white and blue blazes, the blue leading to a spring, the white being a future route of the AT. Approval from the USFS was pending . Apparently this was not forthcoming. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 4.3 At a saddle in Garden Mountain a orange blazed trail forks off eastward, AT ascends knob of Garden Mountain straight ahead. This was taken in January 2012. In May of 2011 this was blazed with parallel white and blue blazes, the blue leading to a spring, the white being a future route of the AT. Approval from the USFS was pending . Apparently this was not forthcoming.
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View of western part of Burkes Garden from AT as it ascends to Garden Mountain from Walker Gap. GPS N37.0558 W81.3767 Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
View of western part of Burkes Garden from AT as it ascends to Garden Mountain from Walker Gap. GPS N37.0558 W81.3767
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mm 4.9 The northbound trail as it leaves the old road in Walker Gap Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 4.9 The northbound trail as it leaves the old road in Walker Gap
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mm 4.9 Parking in Walker Gap. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 4.9 Parking in Walker Gap.
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