Highpointing, Hiking, & Gear
Distance: 31 miles (The high bridge is located near the River Road parking lot close to Farmville, VA) Elevation gain: negligible Date: July, 2015 Bathrooms: Various options along the trail, plus in towns This summer I...
Distance: 2 miles round trip Elevation gain: 1,240 feet Date: August 1, 2015 Bathrooms: Bathrooms with running water are available at the visitor’s center During a recent trip to Charlottesville we decided we would check...
Elevation gain: 1,500 feet Distance: 7 miles Bathrooms: At the Trailhead Date: July 18, 2015 Route: Trail #9 What could have been a complete disaster turned out to be a memorable, happy family...
Date: June 6, 2015 Distance: 2.5 miles round trip Elevation: 1,235 feet Bathrooms: High Point Park a few minutes away Since Jill and I started this crazy hobby we fondly refer to as highpointing,...
Distance: 1 mile, RT Elevation gain: 400 feet Bathrooms: Only port-a-potties in the parking lot and at the top when we were there, but it seems as if actual bathrooms will be opening when the weather is...
Distance: 1 mile, RT on a paved path Elevation gain: 330 feet Bathrooms: Located at the visitor’s center Jill: March 2012 I procrastinated for weeks on this summit report because there are just so many other...
Highest Point East of the Mississippi River! Distance: 0.1 mile, RT (though my fitbit logged close to 1 mile RT – some of that was wandering around at the top) Elevation gain: 100 feet...
Date of hike: September 27, 2014 Distance: 8.4 miles Elevation gain: 775 feet Time on Trail: Just under 3 hours Pre-Black Mesa Jitters Nearly every source I read about hiking Black Mesa cautions...
Date of Hike: May 25, 2014 In the weeks leading up to the Summit Chicks West Virginia expedition, Raina talked to about a half dozen people who were either from the state, attended college...
Louisiana’s high point is deceptive in the effort required to get there. Maybe it was all of the time in the car, or the five drive up/little-effort summits that preceded it on the deep...
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