Tuesday Vigorous Hike for July 29th: Beecher Ridge / Overall Run loop (13.7 miles, 3200 feet)

[HUNT LOFTIN]

Sorry for the delay in posting the Tuesday hike for July 29th. 

The hike will be the Beecher Ridge and Overall Run Trail loop starting at the Elkwallow Wayside parking lot. This is a 13.7 mile clockwise hike with 3200 feet of ascent. Near the end of the hike, an additional loop can be added that goes to Hogback Mountain then returns via Sugarloaf and Piney Branch Trails. This addition adds 3.2 miles of distance and 500 feet of ascent. 

The Overall Run and Beecher Ridge Trail is on AllTrails at:

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/overall-run-and-beecher-ridge-trail?sh=fjn3fe&utm_medium=trail_share&utm_source=alltrails_virality

To carpool: Hikers wishing to carpool should meet at the Centreville Park and Ride off I-66, exit 52, Centreville. Arrive early enough so that drivers can depart the lot no later than 7:00 AM.  Go west on Rt 29 taking the 2nd right into the park and ride lot, then immediately turn left to the corner of the lot where our group gathers. Please let me know if you will meet at the carpool lot so we can coordinate to have enough drivers. (See: Park and Ride - Centreville (Stone Road) | Connector )  

Park and Ride - Centreville (Stone Road) | Connector Fairfax County, Virginia

The trailhead is the Elkwallow Wayside lot off of Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park on Google maps at: 

PMQR+C3Q Fourway, Virginia

(38.7386606, -78.3101010)

Please email me if you plan to join us. Let me know if you will meet at the trailhead or Centreville Park and Ride. It’s about a 90 minute ride to the trailhead from the Centreville P&R. The hike will start at 8:30. It will be hot so bring plenty of water and start the hike earlier if you want to avoid the afternoon sun. 

Hike Leader: Hunt Loftin, hlo...@verizon.net, 571.319.9362

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[Bruce Freedman]

I plan to be at the carpool site by 7 am

Bruce 

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On Jul 27, 2025, at 10:00 PM, 'HUNT LOFTIN' via Vigorous Tuesday Hikers <vigorou...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



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