Audie Murphy Memorial
Follow the Appalachian Trail up Brush Mountain past the Audie Murphy Memorial
| Type: |
Day Hike - Car Shuttle |
| Distance (Total): |
7.6 miles / 12.2 km |
| Elevation Gain: |
1,500 feet / 457 meters |
| Minimum Elevation: |
1,500 feet / 457 meters |
| Maximum Elevation: |
3,000 feet / 914 meters |
| Hiking Season: |
- All Year Long
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- Mountain Views
- Streams
- Woods
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| Difficulty: |
Strenuous |
| Rating: |
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ |
This is a car shuttle hike. You should park a car Route 620 where the AT reaches Trout Creek. Then drive to the trailhead on Route 621 where the AT crosses Craig Creek.
Follow the Appalachian Trail from Craig Creek up Brush Mountain and then back down to Trout Creek. At the top of Brush Mountain you will come across the Audie Murphy Memorial. This World War 2 hero crashed his plane close to the trail. Follow the trail past the memorial for another 100 yards to a rock outcrop with a ncie view.
Click on the marker on the map to get Google directions to the trailhead.
| Latitude: |
37.3810703578 degrees / 37° 22.864' / 37° 22' 51.85" |
| Longitude: |
-80.2470588684 degrees / -80° 14.824' / -80° 14' 49.41" |
| Location: |
Catawba, Virginia, United States |
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Take I-81 to Exit 140.
Take VA 311 West towards Catawba.
Continue until you reach Route 621.
Take a left on 621.
You will reach the trailhead within a few miles.
You can also click on the marker on the map to get Google directions to the trailhead.
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| Created by Nick on 10/24/2007 |
| Last edited by Nick on 01/17/2008 |
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