The Experience
You will love: Get ready for a rollercoaster across creek crossings, through hardy forest, among wild flowers leading to a boulder-rific summit.
You need to know:
How can you sum up the Tinker Cliffs? Well how about you will find walking sticks a plenty left for you at the trailhead. Just a precursor for what’s to come. If you stuffed the entire Appalachian Trail into 8 miles then Tinker is it. It has wobbly bridges, creek crossings, wildflowers and two lung burning ascents. Why is it a rollercoaster? It’s because the ups are steep and the downs are twisty and curvy. The payoff are large granite slabs fractured from the mountain top to provide you a penthouse view of the valley. If you are hungry for more, then check out Virginia’s Triple Crown. This is a series of three hikes totaling 32+ miles but all connected. The Tinker Cliffs is the start of this chain, then McAfee Knob and Dragons Tooth. Yes Virginia, we have mountains!
HIKE ON!
GEAR RECOMMENDATIONS
You need to know:
- No fee required, parking is limited.
- Trail is part of the Virginia Triple Crown
How can you sum up the Tinker Cliffs? Well how about you will find walking sticks a plenty left for you at the trailhead. Just a precursor for what’s to come. If you stuffed the entire Appalachian Trail into 8 miles then Tinker is it. It has wobbly bridges, creek crossings, wildflowers and two lung burning ascents. Why is it a rollercoaster? It’s because the ups are steep and the downs are twisty and curvy. The payoff are large granite slabs fractured from the mountain top to provide you a penthouse view of the valley. If you are hungry for more, then check out Virginia’s Triple Crown. This is a series of three hikes totaling 32+ miles but all connected. The Tinker Cliffs is the start of this chain, then McAfee Knob and Dragons Tooth. Yes Virginia, we have mountains!
HIKE ON!
GEAR RECOMMENDATIONS
- 2 Water bottle trail
- Backpack
- Trail bars, snacks, sandwiches.
- HIKING SHOES
- Bring a walking stick
