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Virginia
Rockytop Trail
5.5 mi
Distance
1,782 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Shenandoah National Park
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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Rockytop Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,782 ft
- Highest point
- 2,824 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,343 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Rockytop Trail is a 5.49-mile out-and-back hike in Virginia with 1,782 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,824 feet.
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