Wolf Gap Campground
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Wolf Gap Campground United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region Recommended Season For More Information: Spring Summer Fall Winter Lee Ranger District - (540) 984-4101 DIRECTIONS: Take exit 279 off I-81. Turn west on SR 675. Drive 3.5 miles to STOP sign at VA 42. Turn right, and take next left to continue on SR 675. Remain on SR 675 (there is a left turn at the far side of the one-lane, low water bridge) and drive 3.1 miles to a fork in the road. Stay right, on SR 675, and drive another 3.4 miles to the top of the mountain. Caution, this is a narrow, winding road with poor sight lines. The entrance is on your right. FACILITIES: There are 9 family-sized TRAILS: Access Wolf Gap Campsite 9 campsites and a separate picnic area. These Big Schloss Trail sites each contain a table and grill. Water is Length: 4.4 miles round trip available at a hand-pumped spigot. Toilets are Difficulty: Moderate, steep and rocky vault-style. All sites are first come first served. Map: Trails Illustrated #792, PATC Map F This is an unattended campground. This is a Connections: Mill Mountain Trail Pack-it-in, Pack-it-out area, so you are Parking: Wolf Gap Day Use Area responsible for bagging and carrying out your Trail Use Allowed: most suitable for hiking own trash.There is no fee. and mountain biking. Mill Mountain Trail OPPORTUNITIES: The Wolf Gap Recreation Length: 5 miles round trip Area lies in a gap of Great North Mountain, Difficulty: Moderate, steep and rocky exactly on the border between Virginia and Map: Trails Illustrated #792, PATC Map F West Virginia. Very popular hikes lead south Connections: Big Schloss Trail and north from the campground to Tibbet Knob Parking: Wolf Gap Day Use Area and Big Schloss, both of which offer panoramic Trail Use Allowed: Non-Motorized - most views of nearby valleys and mountains. suitable for hiking and mountain biking. Tibbet Knob Trail - Access S of Wolf Gap CG NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: There are a Length: 2.4 miles round trip number of hiking trails leading from Wolf Gap Difficulty: Difficult, steep and rocky Campground. The Massanutten and Great Map: Trails Illustrated #792, PATC Map F North Mountain Map (Trails Illustrated #792) or Connections: Long Mtn & North Mtn Trails PATC Map F provide information on the hiking Parking: Wolf Gap Day Use Area trails in this area. Trail Use Allowed: most suitable for hiking. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 Wolf Gap 1 - 3 WV 2 1196 Campground 0 1 - 8 3 9 2 1 3 57 5 75 1 WV15 A 4 4 0 0 1 X 2 3 - 1 0 92 4 0 0 1 92 8 9 3 8 9 3 9 2 4 2 4 9 Legend 0 0 1 92C National Forest Land 4 2 0 9 9 4 0 7 5 5 1 2 V1 9 4 W Non-N.F. Land Roads B State, County, or City 2 9 Forest Highway Open Year-Around 78 5 Open Seasonally Administrative Use Only 8 Closed Year-Around 8 Decommissioned 2 9 9 2 Private 6 7 458 5 Unknown 8 0 0.125 0.25 4 0.5 . 8 3 4 Miles Trails 2 9 5 7 6.