High Knob Trail

Clinch Ranger District 9416 Coeburn Mountain Rd High Knob Trail Wise, Virginia 24293 276-328-2931 DIRECTIONS Welcome to the High Knob Trail! Please call the Clinch Ranger District for This trail is open to horse riding, hiking and Horse Riders: detailed directions. non-motorized biking. Please practice “Leave Help Prevent the Spread of Noxious Weeds No Trace” outdoor ethics as you enjoy the High Knob Trailhead: • Bring only weed free feeds. 36˚ 53’ 13.71” N trails. 82˚37’ 41.62” W • Remove weeds/burrs from animals, tack, trailers and The High Knob Trail (#120) winds through trucks. McGhee Creek Trailhead: woodlands and streams using a combination • Use a nosebag or manger to feed your horse. 36˚ 49’ 35.28” N of roads and trails. This 33 mile trail is open to 82˚32’ 43.45” W non-motorized users. The parking lots are • Water your horse at designated places only. designed to accommodate horse-trailers. Little Stony Trailhead: 36˚ 52’ 11.27” N The High Knob Trailhead is on the western Leave No Trace 82˚ 27’ 41.32” W. end of the High Knob Trail, and is near High • Stay on the trail. IMPORTANT INFO Knob, the highest point on the Clinch Ranger District. At over 4,200 feet in elevation, you • Pack out all your trash. PROOF OF NEGATIVE COGGINS TEST • Bury human waste and toilet paper using REQUIRED the “cathole” method at least The Little Stony Trailhead is at the eastern end 200 ft. from a creek. (2VAC5-70-20. Testing of the High Knob Trail. You’ll be riding west requirements for horses along Forest Service Road 701 and FSR 700 • Protect riparian areas. Camp at least 200 ft. from lakes and streams. exhibited at shows, fairs, out to Osborne Ridge and the other stretches or other exhibitions, or of the High Knob Trail. • Control pets at all times, or leave them at coming into contact with home. horses owned by others in Virginia.) McGhee Creek (Road) Trailhead, on the south- ern side of the trail system, is actually near Parking Staunton Creek. The High Knob Trail goes United States Department of Agriculture uphill along Forest Service Road 776. Forest Service Open Dates Southern Region Open Year Round www.fs.fed.us/r8/gwj/clinch High Knob Trail Map

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706 Horse Watering Locations: 776 1 Ford 653on Straight Fork

2 Grassy area at confluence of Joel Branch and Little Stony Creek. 653 653 McGhee Creek 3 Chief Benge Scout Trail crossing of Trailhead Little Stony Creek.

MAP LEGEND * The High Knob Trail (orange blazes) and Chief High Knob Trail VAULT TYPE Vault Toilet (SST) Benge’s Scout Trail (yellow blazes) both follow Trailhead Location 653 State Route the same path between FDR 704 and Edith Gap. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON NFs

776 Forest Development Road CLINCH RANGER DISTRICT Parking Area All other sections of Chief Benge’s Trail are Horse Watering Locations Cliff Line, steep vertical slope closed to horses.

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