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Browns Gap, Appalachian Trail and Furnace Mountain Loop route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
Virginia

Browns Gap, Appalachian Trail and Furnace Mountain Loop

Grottoes, Virginia

13.1 mi

Distance

3,783 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Browns Gap, Appalachian Trail and Furnace Mountain Loop unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:413 ft
Max:971 ft
Gain:1,153 ft
Loss:1,153 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 413 ft and 971 ft across 13.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.413 ft599 ft785 ft971 ft0.0 mi3.3 mi6.6 mi9.9 mi13.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi413 ft
High point8.7 mi971 ft
End13.1 mi413 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Port Republic, VA · about 2 mi away
County:
Rockingham County, VA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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TrailDifficulty: Difficult

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