Glenwood Horse Trail Alternate Loop
Virginia
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4.3 mi
Distance
2,415 ft
Gain
2h 2m
Time
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What we do know
Inside George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Glenwood Horse Trail Alternate Loop
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,415 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,415 ft
- Highest point
- 1,651 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,376 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Glenwood Horse Trail Alternate Loop is an 8.52-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 2,415 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 1,651 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 1,399 ft
- High point
- 1,651 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,415 ft
- Total descent
- 2,415 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 15% grade around mile 3.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 8.5 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
The climb is steady from start to finish.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Glenwood and Pedlar Ranger Districts · Ranger district
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Glenwood and Pedlar Ranger Districts as of Oct 9, 2026:
Prohibitions on the James River Footbridge on the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Spec MinesHiking1 mi
- Hammond HollowHiking1 mi
- GLENWOOD HORSE ALTERNATE LOOPHiking1.1 mi
- Back CreekCanoeing1.3 mi
- Mill CreekCanoeing2.9 mi
- Looney CreekCanoeing3.5 mi
- Upper DeckRock climbing6.7 mi
- Bat BoulderRock climbing6.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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