| Point
of Interest/Trail Information |
Mileage
from Abingdon |
Mileage
from the NC/VA Stateline |
GPS
Coordinates |
| Abingdon |
0.00 |
34.5 |
GPS: 036° 42' 31.78"N,
081° 58' 17.12"W |
| Great Knobs |
2.3 |
32.2 |
GPS:
036° 41' 26.99"N, 081° 56' 23.17"W |
| Virginia Secondary Rd. # 677 with site of Watauga
Station nearby. |
4.00 |
30.5 |
GPS: 036° 40' 39.49"N,
081° 56' 1.13"W |
| The River Knobs
with the Middle Fork of the Holston River below. |
5.6 |
28.9 |
GPS: 036° 40' 42.35"N,
081° 55' 5.06"W |
| Curved Trestle (550 ft.) |
6.4 |
28.1 |
GPS: 036° 40' 1.81"N,
081° 55' 2.86"W |
| South Holston Lake Trestle (529 ft.) |
8.1 |
26.4 |
GPS: 036° 39' 16.05"N,
081° 54' 12.60"W |
| Alvarado |
9.3 |
25.2 |
GPS: 036° 38' 59.87"N,
081° 53' 12.27"W |
| Intersection of Virginia Secondary Rd # 710 and
# 711 and the Virginia Creeper Trail |
9.5 |
25.0 |
GPS: 036° 38' 38.58"N,
081° 51' 53.24"W |
| Gimlet Branch |
11.1 |
23.4 |
GPS:
036° 38' 38.58"N, 081° 51' 35.79"W |
| Site of the Delmar Station is nearby |
11.3 |
23.2 |
GPS: 036° 38' 32.98"N,
081° 51' 23.96"W |
| Drowning Ford/U. S. Highway 58 |
12.8 |
21.7 |
GPS: 036° 39' 0.71"N,
081° 50' 41.05"W |
| USFS Information Caboose/Parking Lot/Damascus
-- nearby is first of many trestles over Mountain Laurel
Creek (540 ft.). |
16.0 |
18.5 |
GPS: 036° 38' 6.49"N,
081° 47' 31.42"W |
| Site of the Laureldale Station |
17.8 |
16.7 |
GPS: 036° 37' 26.75"N,
081° 45' 44.86"W |
| "Iron" Bridge on Mountain Laurel
Creek |
18.3 |
16.2 |
GPS: 036° 37' 34.22"N,
081° 45' 20.98"W |
| Access trail to the Appalachian Trail |
22.4 |
12.1 |
GPS: 036° 37' 49.29"N,
081° 43' 9.79"W |
| Taylors Valley |
22.9 |
11.6 |
GPS: 036° 37' 27.07"N,
081° 43' 1.24"W |
| Between the trestles (204 ft. and 564 ft.) at
Camp Creek Junction. |
27.1 |
7.4 |
GPS: 036° 38' 47.66"N,
081° 40' 19.64"W |
| Green Cove Station |
30.6 |
3.9 |
GPS: 036° 37' 9.11"N,
081° 38' 41.22"W |
| Tennessee Stateline nearby |
31.9 |
2.6 |
GPS: 036° 36' 40.05"N,
081° 38' 42.20"W |
| Whitetop, Virginia
with the site of the railroad station nearby--plans are
in the process to rebuild the station. |
33.4 |
1.1 |
GPS: 036° 35' 57.68"N,
081° 37' 33.81"W |
| Virginia-North Carolina Stateline |
34.5 |
0.0 |
GPS: 036° 35' 13.81"N,
081° 37' 5.21"W |