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AT Rt.7 to Harpers Ferry

Appalachian National Scenic Trail Shenandoah National Park
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Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, WV
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Gage Height 2.77 ft
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AT Rt.7 to Harpers Ferry

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AT Rt.7 to Harpers Ferry

From the north, the Appalachian Trail enters West Virginia at Harpers Ferry by way of a footbridge over the Potomac River. Only about four miles lie in West Virginia proper, passing within just a quarter-mile of ATC headquarters, then crossing the Shenandoah River, ascending the Blue Ridge at Loudoun Heights, and straddling the Virginia-West Virginia border for the next fifteen miles. The Trail also straddles the Virginia-West Virginia border several hundred miles farther south, near the New River. Harpers Ferry is historic and scenic and is served by Amtrak and commuter trains that run into Washington, D.C. It makes an ideal location to start or end a hike.

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Trail Guide & Points of Interest

Raven Rocks
<div>Raven Rocks is <b>spur of Blue Ridge Mountain</b> in Jefferson County, West Virginia. The peak is located just north of Jefferson County's border with Clarke County, Virginia and west of its border with Loudoun County, Virginia.</div><div><br></div><div>Raven Rocks is <b>formed by the drainage gorges of Rocky Branch Creek</b> to the north and <b>Raven Rocks Creek</b> to the south (both direct tributaries of the Shenandoah River) on the mountains western watershed. Raven Rocks is the northern most spur in a series spurs and hollows that occur along the western slope of Blue Ridge Mountain south to Ashby Gap. The formation is often referred to as <b>the rollercoaster </b>by Appalachian Trail hikers as the trail undulates between theses spurs and hollows along the western face of the mountain along this stretch of the ridge.</div><div><br></div><div>The peak is notable for the Crescent Rock cliffs. The Appalachian Trail crosses the saddle of the ridge.<br><br>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Rocks_(rock_formation)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia.org</a><br><br></div>
Jefferson Rock
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