Powers, Oregon, United States
I took a GPS track today. The trail is 0.8 miles long, not 0.5. Also, FR3348 is closed at FR33 so there's a quite long (about 12 miles) but well marked detour to get to the falls from Powers.
Ojai, California, United States
Best shape I've ever seen the trail in. Track shows from the top down.
New Castle, Virginia, United States
Recently my brother and I attempted to do the 36 mile triple crown loop we backpacked to Mcafee's Knob, then went through Tinker Cliffs, Catabwa trail to the North mountains coming down from the north mountains we opted to take the Ferrier and Lick Branch trails. We were on day 3 at this point and getting low on water. We had not seen any since the streams at Andy Lane. We we hoping completing Ferrier and Lick branch trails would bring us out to a busy road where we could hitch to the Dragon's tooth trailhead. What ended up happening Ferrier trail was not fun, all the streams were dried up. We pushed on to Lick Branch trail. Lick Branch trail u s the absolutely worst maintained trail I have ever been on. Most of the trail was blocked by debris, brush and leaves. The markers were horrible! We found water. Lots of it whoever designed the trail had a sick obsession with stream crossings, many actually very difficult no exageration we must have crossed no less than 30 streams. Wet feet is any backpackers nightmare even though we never got wet trying to follow the trail, scramble over a ton of fallen trees, poorly marked trail usually blocked or coveted made the experience extremely miserable and slow. It is pretty easy to get disoriented and you waste a ton of time hunting for markers. We finally made is through and hiked in to an extremely small town called New Castle where everyone seems to know everyone. The locals are not friendly with backpackers. We were even harassed by a cop while we grabbed a late 8pm dinner. He came to our table asked a bunch of questions and made it very clear he did not want us staying in his town overnight. After already putting in about 16 miles that day With no cab service, no hotels we had no choice but to hike 18 miles back to the Mcafee Knob trailhead. We thumbed up to hitch a ride for the next 18 miles but no one would pick us up. We hiked past the Dragon's Tooth trailhead to the car afraid there would not be any water. By the time we got to the car it was about 4am we were too tired to hike any further or set up camp. We had put in 18 hrs of hiking and covered roughly 34 miles that day. We did drive to Dragon's tooth trailhead and completed our loop and was rewarded with a rainbow at the top. Our total trip in 3.5 days we covered about 61 miles. Whatever you do don't go to Lick Branch trail!
Agoura, California, United States
hiked an 8 mile loop, trails in great condition. added a track, but this is only one route of many available
Acampo, California, United States
Thank you for reporting the issue. The location of the trailhead has been corrected. Google Maps reports 2 different locations for the same address.
Acampo, California, United States
The trail isnt there or somewhere different than the google maps directs you too.
Alma, Arkansas, United States
The trail is open and ready for hikers! There are some rocky areas and water crossings but they have either foot-bridges or large rocks to cross. The volunteer group is working on an alternate route for more ease near the rocky hill area. We will have a short spur up to a 10 foot waterfall in about two weeks or so. Foliage is great at this time.
Pearisburg, Virginia, United States
Hiked it in 2 hours before the sun went down, but that was out of necessity. The trail was in good condition, but did have some downed trees. Slippery when wet. A deer ran in front of me on the trail, and the view at the top is spectacular. Recommend doing this hike, but allow longer than 2 hours! It's steep in places.
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Incredible views at the cliffs. Nice little trail that goes below some of the big boulders of the cliffs-- worth walking on before the return trip. Slippery mud in some of the steep spots but the trail was very clear. My favorite hike in the area!
Waiteville, West Virginia, United States
Google Hanging Rock Tower WV and you will have lots of info Should be rated a 5 the view is awesome and you can go inside if it is windy! A must see place! Great hike Can be extended for many miles in either direction.
McClure, Illinois, United States
The trail disappears and it seems you would follow the creek bed. I did that and the creek bed turned into a gravel road and I ended up in a small community and a long way from the trail head.
Davis, West Virginia, United States
Not a bad trail if you are looking for an EASY 2 day trip. Some sites had this as a 3 day hike! I finished it in 1 and did the first 2 mi. back to the first shelter in 7-8 hrs. The best sections are in the middle 1/3 of the trail. As an alternative to following red creek run you can take "pointy knob trail" which crosses red creek a few times and avoid a lot of your hike being on a road. there is also a nice camping spot after the 1st creek crossing on the trail.
Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
I did this hike mid week at the end of May. I went in the opposite direction. Beautiful hike! Flowers were in bloom, mushrooms were out and I didn't see another person the entire time.
Montebello, Virginia, United States
I have hiked this trail about 50 times starting in the late 70's. I like the area so much I bought 23 acres of land above the hikers parking lot in 85 and just completed a cabin this year. A few notes on the hike. The hiking trail used to run directly thru my property but the AT club moved the blue blazed trail over to the current road after the gravel road was put in 1985. The hikers parking lot was put in the 90's because the hike became so popular that parked cars would block the road. The entire area up to the AT trail and down in the hollow below is private property and used to be populated in the early 20th century. At one point, over 200 people lived back in "Cash Hollow", there was even a single room school house back there as well. The main industry at the time was lumber. You can still see some of the old rail road beds that were used up into the 60s to haul lumber out of the mountains. When the chestnut trees died out in the late 30's, most of the people moved down into the Montebello area except for the Campbell family. They lived back in the hollow with no electricity just like in the old days until 2011 when they both moved into a nursing home. If you go down the south side of Spy rock you can see their farm down in the hollow. Please don't go and visit because their relatives are very sensitive to people trespassing. If you are interested in a loop trail while up at Spy Rock, continue north on the AT trail for about 500 yards and you will see a blue blazed trail break off to the left and uphill (this was the old AT trail). This trail takes you up and over maintop mountain and rejoins the AT trail on the other side of the mountain. Total distance for the detour is 0.26 nm. If you are camping and the area below Spy Rock is occupied, there is a nice flat area to camp on top of maintop mountain (as long as there is not much wind). If you like to go for a GeoCatch, there are two of them that are close to the trail “Black Rock overlook” and “Montebello overlook”. Drop me a line if you have any questions about the area….[email protected]
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Did the loop today, very interesting little place with beautiful views, very large trees, and some lots if interesting little log structures and such to look at, very easy trails!
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Trail conditions were great. There wasn't any ice and it was completely dry. It wasn't very cold (about a high of 50 in Roanoke) and partly cloudy but much higher than the mountains. My 8 and 10 year old children had a lot of fun. They are noticeably tired but not exhausted.
Helena, Montana, United States
As of august 2011 the trail through the canyon is washed out. It is extremely difficult and nearly impassable for horses. We approached from the other side after an all day ride from Hunter's Gulch and had no choice but to try and get through. Would advise against this trail for horses.
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
A great hike but not one I would want to take my dog on. I am a seasoned hiker and always try to check stuff out before taking my Giant Schnauzer who is a good hiker. I wouldn't want to take her to this trail because of the rock climbing that is involved. This is a difficult hike. There is a lot of incline and slippery rocks. I would not suggest going here in wet weather. Be sure to wear a good hiking shoe, a running shoe is not an acceptable shoe for Dragons Tooth.
Salem, Virginia, United States
I hiked this today. It didn't seem like 3.4 miles but I could be mistaken. Also, it didn't seem like an abandoned railbed. While it was a beautiful trail the noise from I-81 really took away from its serenity. It is a very easy hike.