High Knob Loop
Virginia
Free — you'll pick up right here.
16.5 mi
Distance
1,042 ft
Gain
1h 6m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
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
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
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High Knob Loop
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Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 16.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,042 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,042 ft
- Highest point
- 4,059 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,480 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
The High Knob Out-and-back is a 4.42-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 1,042 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,059 feet.
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