VA Section 43 Pictures - Milemarker 5.8 - 9.2

Stone Mt. - Backpackers Spur Trail.

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Winter-hardy wild ponies grazing the high meadows. GPS N36.6636 W81.4816 Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
Winter-hardy wild ponies grazing the high meadows. GPS N36.6636 W81.4816
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mm 6.0 AT southbound leaves extensive open meadow and briefly enters Little Wilson Creek Wilderness. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 6.0 AT southbound leaves extensive open meadow and briefly enters Little Wilson Creek Wilderness.
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View of Wilburn Ridge from AT within Little Wilson Creek Wilderness. GPS N36.6565 W81.4795 Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
View of Wilburn Ridge from AT within Little Wilson Creek Wilderness. GPS N36.6565 W81.4795
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mm 7.5 - Bridge over east fork of Big Wilson Creek. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 7.5 - Bridge over east fork of Big Wilson Creek.
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mm 7.5 The AT intersects with the Wilson Creek Trail. To the south (the opposite direction of the view in this picture), the Wilson Creek Trail becomes a dirt road (normally closed to traffic) which leads 1.7 miles to a parking area at the entrance to the campground in Grayson Highlands State Park. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
The AT intersects with the Wilson Creek Trail. To the south (the opposite direction of the view in this picture), the Wilson Creek Trail becomes a dirt road (normally closed to traffic) which leads 1.7 miles to a parking area at the entrance to the campground in Grayson Highlands State Park.
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mm 7.6 Wise Shelter. The trail here is in Grayson Highlands State Park. Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 7.6 Wise Shelter. The trail here is in Grayson Highlands State Park.
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Footbridge across a tributary of Quebec Branch. GPS N36.6449 W81.506 Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
Footbridge across a tributary of Quebec Branch. GPS N36.6449 W81.506
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mm 9.2 - Junction of AT with Backpackers Spur Trail to overnight parking area near Massie Gap. This junction is just before the northbound AT starts to descend towards Wise Shelter and Big Wilson Creek. Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 9.2 - Junction of AT with Backpackers Spur Trail to overnight parking area near Massie Gap. This junction is just before the northbound AT starts to descend towards Wise Shelter and Big Wilson Creek.
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