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Damascus is the home of the annual Trail Days festival and is known as Trail Town USA due to the convergence of five scenic trails in the town, including the Appalachian Trail, U.S. Bicycle Route 76, The Iron Mountain Trail, Virginia Creeper Trail.and the MABDR motorcycle trail. Damascus also is on the route of the Daniel Boone Heritage Trail ...
DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) — Damascus is usually a quiet town, and well known for Trail Days and the Creeper Trail. Monday, however, the town was full of the sound of chainsaws and heavy machinery as ...
The trail is for recreational use, but is also used to host numerous local events and races such as the Run Damascus events, Down the Mountain Marathon, Iron Mountain Trail Races, Dam Yeti 50, Yeti 100, and Bridges & Trestles. The Virginia Creeper Trail sustained severe damage from Hurricane Helene in September 2024 which led to its partial ...
The trail crosses U.S. Route 441 at Newfound Gap and traverses a series of rocky cliffs known as "The Sawteeth" en route to the high ridges of the Eastern Smokies. Here, the trail crosses Mount Chapman and Mount Guyot, and passes one of its most remote shelters at Tricorner Knob before gradually descending.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is preparing to open a Thrift Store and Donation Center in Crossroads Centre at 10850 Lincoln Trail, suite 2, in Fairview Heights.
The area is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, about 6 miles west of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee and 2 miles southwest of Damascus, Virginia. It is bounded by Tennessee Highway 133 on the east. [3] [4] The Appalachian Trail passes through the area for 4.0 miles.
The Moravians cut a wagon road from Salem to here in 1763 (present-day Academy St. + Hawthorne Rd. + Old Vineyard Rd. + Country Club Dr. + Shallowford Rd). [97] [98] This opened an alternate path for the Great Wagon Road from Germanton through Bethabara and Salem to here. The original junction was at the Old Lewisville Fire Department building ...
Boundary of the Feathercamp wild area as identified by the Wilderness Society. [1]The area is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia about 2.4 miles northeast of Damascus, Virginia between USFS Rd 90 on the east, US 58 on the south, and Va 605 on the west.