12/18/2022 0 Comments Bullrun picnic shelter 3In 0.25 miles the trail will reach the 4-way intersection of the Buck Hollow and Mountain Side trails. Turn left on the yellow-blazed Mountain Top Trail as it continues to climb along the ridge. Follow the trail up a series of switchbacks before arriving at the ridge, and intersection of the Bushy Hollow and Mountain Top trails in 1.1 miles. Start this approximately 5-mile route on the blue-blazed Beards Gap Trail, which is accessed beside the Visitor Center and initially passes over a wooden footpath. After 0.5 miles, this trail reaches an overlook of Douthat Lake and then continues another 0.3 miles to the White Oak Campground and the trailhead at Wilson Creek. After 0.7 miles, turn right again on Blue Suck Trail and then in several hundred yards, turn left on the yellow-blazed Tobacco Ridge Trail. In another 0.5 miles, turn right on the blue-blazed Heron Run Trail and trail along the shore line of Douthat Lake. Follow this trial along a mid-elevation contour on the mountain for 1.5 miles and turn right on the orange-blazed Middle Hollow Trail. After 0.5 miles, turn right on the blue-blazed Blue Suck Trail and then in another 0.25 turn left on the white-blazed Laurel View Trail. Turn right on the yellow-blazed Locust Gap Trail and follow it along the ridge and through a dry pine-oak heath forest. Shortly past the bridge, turn left onto the white-blazed Beards Gap Hollow Trail and ascend approximately 1 mile up the hollow and through short series of switchbacks to the top of a small spur ridge. For this approximately 4-mile route, walk across the park road from the Visitor Center and cross Wilson Creek on a paved road leading towards the White Oak Campground.
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