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Ultra 2 LbNA #24116

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:May 30, 2006
Location:
City:Sherando
County:Augusta
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Planted by:Fishlips
Found by: Not yet found!
Last found:N/A
Last edited:May 30, 2006
Directions: From I-64 take VA 624 to Lyndhurst. Bear left onto rt. 664 and continue to the entrance of Sherando Lake Recreation Area* on the right. Take the entrance road through the campground to the upper lake. Park in the lot near the Group Campground. Walk back down the road and cross the gate into the field. You will be hiking on the White Rock Gap Trail. Cross the field towards the white flood marker and you will soon see a trail marker that will point you in the correct direction.
*(Note that there is an entrance fee Memorial through Labor Day. You may avoid the fee by hiking from the western end of the trail, which is on the Blue Ridge Parkway. A trailhead parking area is opposite the White Rock Falls Trail about 0.7 miles south of “The Priest” overlook. The letterbox would be about 1.2 miles down from this end of the trail.)

This is a beautiful trail that climbs from Sherando's "upper lake" to the Blue Ridge Parkway. It parallels the North Fork of Back Creek, crossing intermittent streams (depending on the season). To find the letterbox you may follow the trail from either direction. The directions that follow are from the parking area of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Descend along the trail listening to the different birds singing. You will pass an old homestead site on the left and the head waters of Back Creek on the right. Notice the rhododendron and mountain laurel ( blooming during late May/June). Cross a stream after an open area on your right. Continue up a small rise. Soon you will see evidence of the trail washing. Some one has used river rocks to build up the trail after a severe dip. On your right Back Creek may be gurgling. On your left is evidence of a Pileated Woodpecker home that has fallen. The box is hidden here beneath rocks. It is named in honor of those who participate in the Great Eastern Endurance Race (GEER) each fall.