Appalachian Trail Damascus

... in the stream if you got too hot. Damascus has about 900 people living full time here but it is also right on the Appalachian Trail. The trail is 2,200 odd miles long and every year people start mostly in Georgia and walk all the way to Maine. They ...

... day until late at night for an entire week.  A 150 mile drive and we arrive in Damascus, a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Appalachian Trail, the Virginia Creeper Trail, the Trans-America Bicycle Trail, the Iron Mountain Trail, the ...

... , 2 maps covered in push pins, an oil space heater and a large stack of National Geographic Adventurers... about 50 yards from the Appalachian Trail.  The place is called The Hiker's Inn. Beds are $20/nt, dogs are welcome and the coffee is always ...