Guest River Gorge

Trail Name Guest River Gorge Nearest City Coeburn State Virginia Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 66 Hours <br />0.375 Days <br />360 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 1212 mi <br />19.312 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 300300 Feet <br />91.44 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point *"*" is not a number. Nearest Medical Coeburn, VA Trip Reports Click Here Loading map... {"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"270px","height":"180px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":8,"layers":[],"controls":["zoom"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":36.9236994646956731003228924237191677093505859375,"lon":-82.451306336301030341928708367049694061279296875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Old railroad grade with wide trail of gentle downhill grade in gorge of rushing Guest River to its mouth at the Clinch River

How to get there

From Gate City, VA

1. Proceed north on Va. 72 and through Ft. Blackmore and Dungannon, Va. for 30.2 miles.
2. Look for USFS sign to Guest River Trail about 3 miles south of Coeburn, Va. (in case you miss the turn) and turn right.
3. Proceed 1.4 miles to parking lot at the trailhead.

Route Description

Walk down steps or take handicapped trail down to old railroad grade. Go right on railroad grade. Go through tunnel and across bridge and follow old railroad grade 6 miles along rushing river and beside sandstone cliffs with a few coal beds to Clinch River and active railroad. There is a rudimentary trail upstream along the Clinch River if you need more.

Typical Conditions

Wide gravel roadbed

Maps

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(G) 36.89508,-82.41492 Lick Log Branch waterfall (G) 36.8766, -82.40748 End of trail at trestle (A) 36.92363,-82.45137 Parking lot </googlemap>

Note: The Guest River Gorge trail is shown in the Google maps database. The above red trail was measured with a hand held GPS receiver, thus is another approximate measurement. Used to illustrate that the rails-to-trail follows the Guest River closely.