Campground Connector Trail (#329)
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Campground Connector Trail Map
Route map of the Campground Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Campground Connector Trail Map
Route map of the Campground Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...
Campground Connector Trailhead (F.R. 479) -- 2,200'
The Campground Connector Trail has its western end at a wide pull-off along Forest Service Road 479, directly across from gated Forest Service Road 479F...there's enough parking here for perhaps a half-dozen cars at most...
Campground Connector Trailhead (F.R. 479) -- 2,200'
The Campground Connector Trail has its western end at a wide pull-off along Forest Service Road 479, directly across from gated Forest Service Road 479F...there's enough parking here for perhaps a half-dozen cars at most...
Campground Connector Trail -- 2,200'
A couple dozen yards back from the road you pass the trailhead marker, with a short footbridge over Boyd Branch just ahead...
Boyd Branch isn't much to look at, overgrown and small as it is...still, the sound of running water is always nice to enjoy on a hike...
Campground Connector Trail -- 2,190'
East of Boyd Branch the trail takes on a more road-like nature as it cuts a wide, flat path through the tall forest...
Campground Connector Trail -- 2,190'
Tall white pines spread their huge arms out across the trail overhead...
Campground Connector Trail -- 2,180'
You can hear Bent Creek from the trail but thick shrubs covering the flats surrounding it keep it mostly hidden from view...
Campground Connector Trail -- 2,180'
Where the trail does pull close enough to see the creek it's quite scenic...
Campground Connector Trail -- 2,180'
The final eastern section of the Campground Connector...straight and flat...
Campground Connector Trailhead (Campground Road) -- 2,170'
The Campground Connector Trail as it arrives at its eastern end, at the end of one of the campground roads near Lake Powhatan...