Monday, June 18, 2018

Turk Gap to Blackrock Hut - Appalachian Trail - Shenandoah National Park

This is a pretty boring section of the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park in my opinion, offering few views, no water features, and no water other than at the hut. Starting at the Turk Gap parking at Skyline Drive mile post 94.1, I followed the AT North for approximately 8.8 miles, stayed at Blackrock hut and returned. Blackrock hut is nondescript and has an unreliable water source. Distance hiked this weekend was 17.8 miles. Approximately 4.1 miles North of Turk Gap, there are several nice tent sites (legal). There is no water at the tent sites.

https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/upload/Riprap_RoadTrail.pdf
https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/index.htm
https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/campbc.htm
https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/maps.htm

I already had a video of the BlackRock Hut here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD3v8KAzRxg

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