Editing Daniel Boone Trail

{{Trail
|Banner Image=File:Daniel Boone Trail Banner.jpg
|Trail Highlight=The last portion of the Wilderness Trail not paved
|Trail System=Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail
|City=Duffield
|Trail Marking=None
|Trail Use=Hiking, Geocaching
|Trail Features=Vistas
|Difficulty Rating=Medium
|Hike Time=3 hrs
|Trail Distance=2.979 mi
|Round Trip Distance=6.0 mi
|Trail Type=In-and-Out
|High Point=2,586 ft
|Low Point=1,438 ft
|Elevation Gain=1,148 ft
|Elevation Loss=0 ft
|Elevation Change Direction=East-to-West
|Parking location=36.71878, -82.81055
|Trailhead location=36.71878, -82.81055
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== Trail Overview ==
Follow some of the footsteps by Daniel Boone up to Kane Gap in Powell Mountain.  This section is cited to be the only part of the famous Wilderness Road which has not been paved.  However, while there is a sign at the trailhead and reference on Scott County Tourism website, there is no actual marked trail since the old forest roads cross both private and public property.  This wiki entry has a proposed route for you to take, but likely only Kane Gap itself was on the original Wilderness Trail.

== How to get there ==
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From Kingsport, TN 
#North on US-23 to Duffield.
#Turn left/west at the red-light onto US-58/421 (Duff-Patt Highway).  
#Turn right/north onto either Industrial Park Rd/VA 879 or Daniel Boone Rd/VA 772.  (Note:  Google Maps is incorrect as Technology Trail Ln does not connect with Fraley Ave., but dead ends north of the interpretive center.)
#Turn left/west onto Fraley Ave.
#Shortly you’ll see a weathered “pink” or “orange” gate on the right.  It now appears to be regularly locked.  Parking is along the residential street.
The house across the way is 557 Fraley Avenue, Duffield, VA.  Do not try other adjacent house numbers as Google Maps takes you to the wrong location.

== Route Description==
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This hike is in-and-out, thus information provide one-way below.

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!Miles
!Feature
!Elevation
|-
|0.00 miles
|Parking at locked gate
|1,435 feet
|- 
|1.50 miles
|Split in forest roads - locked gate on left, take right
|1,950 feet
|- 
|2.20 miles
|National Forest sign
|2,200 feet
|- 
|2.90 miles
|Intersect of forest roads - EL carved on tree - continue left/straight not uphill/right
|2,480 feet
|- 
|3.00 miles
|Kane Gap 
|2,600 feet
|-
|}

The forest road is also reported to continue down into Wallen’s Creek valley for an extended hike.

== Typical Conditions ==
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Very rarely used.  Not a typical trail as half to three-quarters mile is a gravel road, then walking on former logging roads winding up to the mountain gap.  Does not appear to be formally maintained.

Views are obscured by forests which line the path, thus late fall to early spring would be good if interested in looking down into the valleys.

During summer, lots of poison ivy and stinging nettle were encountered in places, thus long pants in cooler weather might be a better experience.

==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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No fees or permits are required for day hiking.   Open sunrise to sunset.  Parking along residential street, thus consider the neighbors.

== After the Hike ==
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Or before.  Stop at the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center at 371 Technology Trail Lane in Duffield for interesting facts and history. A short movie, then walk through exhibits with limited interaction.  Open Friday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gate closed and locked at entrance on Technology Trail.  Kane Gap can be viewed clearly from the front building entrance.

== Misc. Information ==
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The prompt for creating this trail page was a story in the Kingsport Times-News.   Here is a subsequent shorter blog page written from that story [http://www.timesnews.net/article/9040661/kane-gap-makes-a-great-winter-hike link].

There is also a different Kane Gap in West Virginia.

Virginia Birding website for the [http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/vbwt/site.asp?trail=2&loop=MDB&site=MDB05  “Daniel Boone Trail”].  There is another nearby path on a forest service road from the Jasper community up the mountain that is called the [http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/vbwt/site.asp?trail=2&loop=MDB&site=MDB03  “Kane Gap Trail”].  

Reported that the Morrell mushrooms are seen along the trail during second or third week in April. 

Kane Gap Trail, also stated on the Scott County Tourism website, appears to be hiking Jefferson National Forest Road 642 from near(?) Kane Gap to Tito Drive.  Intersection with this Daniel Boone Trail is uncertain on making an extended hike with shuttling.

== Photos ==
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