41. Black Rock Springs Hotel
(History/Regional History)

Black Rock Springs Hotel If you hike down the Paine Run Road [MP 87.4], you’ll pass the site of the Black Rock Springs Hotel less than half a mile below Skyline Drive. (It will be on your right ...

42. Brown Gap
(History/Regional History)

You may have noticed that the old road through Brown Gap [MP 82] is called Browns Gap Road east of Skyline Drive and Madison Run Road west of the Drive. Long ago, the gap itself had two names—it was Brown’s ...

43. Jarman Gap
(History/Regional History)

Jarman Gap was first called Woods Gap. Michael Woods (Wood, according to some sources) and his family were the first to cross the Blue Ridge there. They came up from the Shenandoah Valley in 1734, the ...

44. Rockfish Gap
(History/Regional History)

Far beneath Skyline Drive in Rockfish Gap lies an engineering marvel—the Blue Ridge Tunnel. In 1850, Irish workers with hand drills, picks, and black powder began drilling through the mountain. Following ...

45. Branded: One Trail Crew
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

We are pleased to announce that…members of the Flying McLeods, the new PATC trail crew who work in the South District of Shenandoah National Park, will not have to be individually branded! There had been ...

46. Hut Overseer Oversight
(Maintenance/Hut Maintenance)

... focus on major repairs, such as a roof replacement or repair of a broken beam. The maintenance huts in SNP and on the Vining Tract are not affected and oversight will continue unchanged. District managers ...

47. SNP Rock Outcrop Management Plan
(The Stacks/News Archives)

Special Notice: On October 1, 2007, a Rock Outcrop Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Shenandoah National Park was released for public review. Subsequent to the release of the Environmental ...

48. New Trail Construction or Relocations
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Constructing full bench-side hill tread on the A.T. All proposed new trail constructions or relocations must be approved by the Superintendent and are subject to project clearance. Project clearance ...

49. Stream Crossing Construction and Maintenance Standards
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Each type of water crossing has consequences for the recreation experience and the lands being accessed. Stream banks and stream beds are constantly changing. Choose wisely from the range of available ...

50. Trail Tread (Erosion Control and Prevention)
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Finishing construction of an earthen water bar on the A.T. Objective Maintain or restore a trail tread (the footpath surface) which is safe for users and prevents the deterioration of the trail ...

51. Clearing Fallen Trees and Windfalls
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Objectives Perform safe removal of dangerous trees and allow passage along the trail while retaining features contributing to trail maintenance and to user enjoyment. Timely removal of trail obstructions ...

52. Vegetation Maintenance
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Using a brushcutter to clear vegetation from the A.T. Objective To keep trails from being overgrown with vegetation by removing branches, weeds, and brambles that interfere with passage along ...

53. Blazing
(Standards & Techniques/SNP Trails Standards)

Blazing the A.T. Objective The objective in blazing is to mark the trail often enough to guide the hiker and keep the trail distinguishable, but not so often that blazes become a visual intrusion. ...

54. Hut Worktrip
(Web Links / Work Reporting)

PATC online form for reporting SNP A.T. Hut worktrips ...

55. SNP Natural Resources Web portal
(Web Links / Government Partners)

This link takes you to the Natural and Cultural Resources portal of the NPS SNP Web site. ...

56. SNP Trails Standards
(Category)

2007 SNP-PATC General Agreement, Appendix B Much more than just a convenient travel zone for visitors to provide recreation and access to destination backcountry sites, trails function as a management ...