GetCamping! Exploring Mount Rogers

Part of the two-state GetHiking! network, we offer a variety of options for getting people out on the trail — for an hour, a day, for the weekend.

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Join us for a weekend of biking, hiking and kicking back in southwestern Virginia. Our base camp for the weekend is the group campsite at Grayson Highlands State Park. Friday evening, we'll greet you with dinner as you settle into your campsite. Saturday, we’ll bike the iconic Virginia Creeper Trail, from the top of Whiteside Mountain into Damascus, Virginia, Trail Town USA. The Virginia Creeper follows an old rail line (the rails and ties long since replaced by finely crushed gravel) for 17 miles into Damascus (the first 14 miles are downhill, the last 3 flatten out and require some pedaling). Not into biking? We’ll have a group headed to the Grayson Highlands/Mount Rogers area for an 8-mile hike in the rocky, open terrain for which the region is known. Late Saturday afternoon we’ll explore Damascus, the trail-friendliest town in the U.S. Sunday, we’ll hike from the campground up to Wilburn Ridge and Rhododendron Gap, some of the most wide-open and sweeping terrain in the Southeast. 
Included for the weekend: campsite, dinner Friday (dinner Saturday is on your own, in Damascus), breakfast Saturday and Sunday, lunch and trail snacks Saturday and Sunday. Upon registering, we'll also send you an eguide for the weekend, with a scheudle of activities, maps and details of the hike as well as of other things toi do in the region. 
New to camping and don't have a tent? For an additional $25, we'll set you up with a tent and a list of stuff you likely already have around the house that can substitute for camping gear.
Cost: $175 per person ($90 for 18 and under accompanied by an adult), including Saturday's Virginia Creeper bike trip; $135 ($50 for 18 and under accompanied by an adult) excluding the bike trip.

GetCamping! Exploring Mount Rogers

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