Shenandoah National Park - Four Short Hikes | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 1
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2020
- These four short hikes in Shenandoah National Park along Skyline Drive and parts of the Appalachian Trail are by no means the best hikes or the worst hikes, but just the ones we thought would be good. We definitely wish it hadn't rained and we could have hiked Old Rag Mountain.
This is the first episode of our Appalachian Mountain series where we took a two week road trip from Shenandoah National Park down the Blue Ridge Parkway and explored the Great Smoky Mountains. From hiking various portions of the Appalachian Trail up to summits and balds, to exploring majestic waterfalls and bluffs and historical mills and cabins deep within Appalachia, we definitely enjoyed seeing the beauty of America's National Parks.
Hike 1 - Mary's Rock Summit hike - 3.7 mile out and back - 1210 elevation gain (eighth highest peak in park)
Hike 2 - Stony Man Mountain Summit hike - 1.6 mile lariat - 800 foot elevation gain (second highest peak in park)
Hike 3 - Hawksbill Summit - 1.7 mile out and back - 690 foot elevation gain (highest peak in park)
Hike 4 - Little Stony Man hike - 0.9 mile out and back
Here are links to the trail maps from the National Park Service
Mary's Rock - www.nps.gov/shen/upload/Marys...
Stony Man & Little Stony Man trail - www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisi...
Hawksbill - www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisi...
Appalachian Mountains Road Trip 2020 playlist:
Four short hikes in Shenandoah National Park | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 1
• Shenandoah National Pa...
Luray Caverns History, Facts & AUDIO Tour! | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 2
• Luray Caverns History,...
McAfee Knob Hike | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 3
• McAfee Knob Hike | App...
Sharp Top Hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 4
• Blue Ridge Parkway - S...
Hiking to Peaks of Otter Plane B-25 Crash | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 5
• Hiking to Peaks of Ott...
7 Places to See on the Blue Ridge Parkway | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 6
• 7 Places to See on the...
Alum Cave Trail, Great Smoky Mountains Hike | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 7
• Alum Cave Trail, Great...
Rainbow Falls Hike, Great Smoky Mountains, TN | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 8
• Rainbow Falls Hike, Gr...
Mount LeConte hike (Myrtle Point, Cliff Top, Lodge) | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 9
• Mount LeConte Hike (My...
Bullhead Trail from Mount LeConte | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 10
• Bullhead Trail from Mo...
Biking Cades Cove Loop Road, Great Smoky Mountains | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 11
• Biking Cades Cove Loop...
Andrews Bald Hike | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 12
• Andrews Bald Hike, Gre...
Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains | Appalachian Mountains, Ep. 13
• Clingmans Dome, Great ...
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Great job on the video, many beautiful viewpoints!
Thank you Josh! You are one the reasons we wanted to improve our videos to be able to share with people. Really appreciate it. Always love your videos.
Like 7! Love the music!
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I wish I cound hike in the Appalachian one day, I think it has one of the most beautiful landscapes! Meanwhile I will see your videos! Like 6 and waiting for EP. 2
Thank you! It was great, and we highly recommend it. So much footage to go through. By the way, we finally figured out what like 6, like 33 etc meant. We had no idea! Lol
Looks everything so wonderful!!! ❤️
Thanks for sharing 🙏😊
Thank you! It was. Great start to our much needed trip.
Nice video keep it up stay con.watching video from dubai thank you for shared video
Thank you! Visited Dubai once. Still hot over there? 😉
I met you guys at Great Smoky Mountains coming down the Clingman's Dome trail. Remember Captain America. Glad to see you guys doing nice work. Look forward to seeing more.
Hello and thank you! It’s funny after we finished our second hike to Andrew’s Bald, I was saying, how do you not know who Steve Rogers is? And a stranger heard me and goes, Captain America duh! So I just told her that Steve Rogers watched our video and she remembered Captain America. Mission complete.
Thank you for sharing. Planning to hike in mids of April. :)
You’re very welcome. There’s a bunch of great hikes in the park. Hope you enjoy!
Wow amazing hikes, Beautiful view. Great presentation thank you for sharing
Thank you Bobby!
Very good walking and vlog Keep it up
Thank you so much! We are trying 😊
Wonderful Park guys, nice place for a hike, big like from us👍👍
Thank you, we are surprised it took us this long to finally visit
Thank you for sharing. Planning to hike about 3 weeks when were are going to America again❤
You're very welcome! Hope you have fun! Plenty of great hikes here
Like 17 so amazing 👍👍
Thank you! They were great hikes
Hi guys. New friends here. What a beautiful area. We have explored some areas of the Blue Ridge Parkway but haven't been up to Skyline Drive. Very cool sights! The view from Mary's Rock Mountain is gorgeous. Cool that you get to hike part of the Appalachian Trail to get there. Very cool to see how the clouds come right up on you at the summit of Hawksbill. Thanks for taking us along. We hit the button and have joined you on your adventure. Excited to see more with you!
Thank you! The first time you drive into the park, from the north going south, it’s unreal. You really get why it’s called Skyline.
Spent a couple days within Shenandoah a few years back now...entered through the south and drove north from there...the views are tremendous...the one hike I remember took me down quite a steep grade to a waterfall..like the idea here on sharing some of the shorter excursions...thanks...
We were supposed to do a big hike but the weather and timing didn’t work out. Short hikes have their merits and these are definitely among them
We will visit National Parks if ever visit USA, seems like there's so many beautiful parks there! The view from the top is amazing! and wow my feet is tingling watching you stand on that rock.
Definitely do. If you’re an outdoors person, there’s nothing better. And because the country is so vast, they can be wildly different from one to the next
Stunning view
What a beautiful world we live in
Shenandoah National Park is awesome . So many great trails .The views are amazing !! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks! It’s been on our list for awhile
All 4 hikes are amazing! The views are stunning from all 4 mountains but my personal favorite is hawksbill summit.. the sun rays through the forest is amazing 👍👍👍
Hawksbill was our favorite too. Beautiful park
Thanks for this! Really great insight ahead of our trip next year from Ireland 🇮🇪 (loved the music too)
Awesome, glad we helped! It’s a beautiful park. Where in Ireland? Visited for the second time this past June. We released a trip trailer this past Friday 😉
Wow you guys got to hike to many beautiful places ! The view from Stonny Man looks so similar the the place we went yesterday. I like the views from Marry Rock the most, so beautiful! Thanks for sharing these with us !
Thank you Angela :)
So beautiful SN Park !
It really was. Our world is so fascinating.
Thank you for our efforts.... one of our favorite hikes is Hightop Mountain. A little longer that the hikes featured in this video but a great workout and the view at the top is wonderful....
That one was on our list! We got rained out one or two of the days we were staying nearby and unfortunately had to keep moving to our next spot. Looked this up and looks great!
Great vid! I was in Shenandoah Oct 21 and hiked South River Falls. I highly recommend. Also, I hiked Dark Hollow Falls and Bearfence. I also recommend them as well. I am checking out Little Stony Man and Hawksbill Summit next week. Thank you for sharing your experience in Shenandoah.
Thank you! Those were on our list. Bearfence and Old Rag too. Highly suggest Hawksbill. It is such a great park. We felt like we only scratched the surface
These were some great hikes you took us on 😁
Thank you! You should check them out too 😀
Head to Bentonville, outside of Luray and hit up the Downriver canoe company. They shuttle you upriver on the Shenandoah River and its a relaxing trip back down. We saw turtles, blue herons, hawks, eagles. Pretty awesome trip for not much money. I think it was $60 for three people to canoe.
Wow we need to do this! Great suggestion and that’s not too pricey either. We usually visit family every year near Shenandoah / Blue Ridge. Hopefully we can squeeze this in this summer. We love paddling
Just stumbled onto your channel and subscribed 👍. We’ve wanted to hit up this park for a long time but it’s really far from Dallas. Really liked seeing the trails and the views. Been trying to figure out if making the trip would be “worth it”. It looks lovely 🥰. Good stuff y’all 🤙
Thank you! That’s definitely a haul. We’ve been to Big Bend twice, so we know about long days of driving 😉. Have you been down the Blue Ridge or to the a Great Smokies? We combined all three into this trip for that very reason. We decided it would be worth it if we combined them. I think we have like 14 more videos coming out of this trip, so hopefully those can give you more ideas.
$30 for seven days is not bad at all. Are there facilities there, any hookups for RV's? Wow 3.7 miles guys that's a long hike. We are actually scheduling our hike to La Soufriere for this week. Oh boy 4.5 miles moderate to difficult hike. Wish us luck LOL
wow 3k plus feet you guys are awesome. Nice views up there! Wow and the very next day you hiked on Stoney Man. Good for you! Were you sore after the first hike? Beautiful view when you reached the summit. The rolling mountains are lovely. Great hike guys!! Wow, three hikes in one day!! Why so many lol I couldn't do that lol All hikes had lovely views. We are afraid of having mist when we go on our hike. But I told Kenny I am only doing this hike once LOL Thanks for sharing. Love your choice of music for the video.
Yes, they did have campground spots for RV hookups. I believe that is the case for all the campgrounds down the Skyline. And LOL you don't need to do all three in one day like we did - we are just crazy. All four aren't terrible at all. Mary's Rock is the hardest, but take your time and anything is doable. Good luck on your hike! I'm sure it will show up in a video :)
@@MagellanandGreyhound Mary's Rock is, by far, my favorite hike. And the little overlook off the trail just a bit before the peak. 👌🥰 Shhhhh
@@jeffharris7777 we may have to look for that next go round!
Great video!...practically in my back yard. As a Southern boy I get a kick out of how you pronounce "Appalachian" ;) Keep the videos coming!!
Thank you! and LOL I can only imagine how much I say it strangely. In our next video, I had to keep repeating LURE-AY, instead of LURRY for Luray Caverns. America is a great mix of accents :)
@@MagellanandGreyhound Ain't that the truth ;)
@@MountainRoots 😆
We were there last week and hiked Dark Hollow Falls, nice waterfall to see.
Oh good to know! We’re heading to the Blue Ridge again in a few days. Wanted to do more of Shenandoah, but not enough time.
I've never done a thru hike thru shenandoah but I've hiked most of it at different times and I've been to the park on many occasions. My wife is from Front Royal.
That's awesome, right at the entrance to the park! There was so much we didn't get to do. It really is scenic
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the caverns are worth checking out. and canoeing the shenandoah river is a nice way to spend the day
We did the caverns in the next video in the series. Luray was amazing! We didn’t bring our kayaks thus trip. Going to have to next time!
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I thought the luray cavern was better than skyline cavern, but both are worth seeing. there's a 3rd one in the area, but can't remember the name. this one you go into a building and take an elevated down to the entrance.
There’s more caverns in the area?!?! You are a tip machine today. We love doing those. Carlsbad in New Mexico is probably our favorite .
"Little Stony Man" was my favorite
And the shortest hike! Huge bang for your buck!
Great video! I need to put my hike videos together.
Thank you! And do it! Zion is on our bucket list. We will have a bunch of videos coming out from our hikes in the Blue Ridge. Amazing place
@@MagellanandGreyhound You will love it. Right now with COVID, it's not the best. A lot of the trails are closed and you can't drive into the park.
@@LaurieRoseREALTORNaplesFL yes we are holding off for many of them because we want the full experience. Zion deserves a week of hiking easily.
@@MagellanandGreyhound At least I had a good excuse for why I couldn't do Angel's Landing. :)
Those summits were so amazing. Love how the clouds enveloped the view at HawksBill. We will need to plan a future trip to the Shenandoah National Park. Were those gnats?
Thank you! The clouds came and went. Sometimes on one side and not the other. Happen in the Smokies too. Re: gnats - Not sure. They were extremely large, only at the summit and non-biting. They weren’t black flies.
Old Rag Mountain is by far the best hike of all of SNP. It is longer, about 9 miles for the most popular circuit. The summit has unobstructed 360 degree views! Very crowded at times un fortunately.
The next time we visit family in the area, this is the plan, crowded or not. It looks amazing. Just had bad luck with the weather.
Awesome video! The footage you captured from your time in the Shenandoah National park is truly inspirational to take time off and visit this area. What kind of camera did you use to film this video? Just subbed #525!
Thank you so much. The support lately has been a little overwhelming. She used her iPhone on a gimbal and I used a GoPro 8. I mixed up how I shot by alternating between the chest mount and the wrist mount. (I think I love the wrist mount more). A DSLR is in our future, but that’s what we use for now.
This was great. What mile marker is lower hawksbill?
Thank you! You're in luck in that I have my maps saved. The parking is around mile marker 45.
I thought my wife and I were going to be all big and bad and conquer Old Rag. Yeah, we conquered it alright, then it conquered us for a week afterwards!
Oh man! We are going to attempt it this summer. It’s not really a hike right? More climbing / scrambling? I’d feel it too!
@@MagellanandGreyhound Summer would be rough with the amounts of people that are on it and the heat. Traffic was very light when we went on it this past weekend. We loved that we did it afterwards. Its very rewarding. The trip down is slow and arduous, definitely not as gratifying as the ascent, but the peak is worth it. Let me know how it goes for you two! Stay hydrated!
@@ruinerfixxxer the park instituted a lottery effective this year. To reduce the crowds. And you can only put in a month out. Old Rag isn’t Angels Landing, Half Dome or Phantom Ranch, but who knows? Can’t wait to do it honestly
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Thank you!
Are these hikes short and easy and friendly for people with knee issues?
I have minor knee issues and had no issue, but no one person is the same. The easiest hike on this video is definitely Little Stony Man. Not much elevation gain, 0.9 miles round trip, and a great view for the effort. Then Stony Man. After that the other two are not easy I’d say but still short and moderately difficult. Hopefully that helps!
Why didn't you hike to any waterfalls?
We had torrential rain for a day or so. They got cut out unfortunately, . I think we were going to do Jones Run and South River Falls. We missed Old Rag too. Next time!
I'm gonna go 8
Nice! Which ones?!