Hungry Mother State Park

File:Placeholder.JPG Trail Name Hungry Mother State Park Nearest City Marion State Virginia Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 0.50.5 Hours <br />0.0313 Days <br />30 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 0.650.65 mi <br />1.046 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation *"*" is not a number. / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point *"*" is not a number. Nearest Medical Marion, 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":36.8695390500000002020897227339446544647216796875,"lon":-81.523767649999996365295373834669589996337890625,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Hungry Mother State Park offers eight hiking trails covering around 12 miles running along the lake, through woods, and up to park's 3,270 feet highpoint.

How to get there

From the TriCities area:

1. Take I-81 up to Exit 44 (US-11/Marion).
2. Turn right/NE on US-11/Lee Highway and proceed into town just over three miles.
3. Turn left/NW onto VA-16 and continue another four miles.
4. Turn right/NW into state park.
5. Day parking for the main trails on right below dam - and back by the cabins.

Route Description

The following trails are available in Hungry Mother State Park.

Trail	Miles	Blaze	Difficulty	Usage
CCC Trail	1.0	Orange	Medium
Fisherman's Run Trail	1.1	Lt Green	Easy
Lake Trail	2.9	Dk Blue	Medium
Middle Ridge Trail	1.2	Yellow	Medium
Molly's Knob Trail	1.6	White	Difficult
Molly's Vista Trail	0.4	Purple	Difficult
Old Shawnee Trail	1.0	Green	Medium
Powder House Trail	1.0	Red	Medium
Raider's Run Trail	0.9	Royal Blue	Difficult

An interesting loop hike could be created by taking...

Typical Conditions

Being a VA state park, the dirt and gravel trails are kept in excellent condition. Some of the trail sections do narrow to a tight single-track, but adequate use of switchbacks keeps the elevation change reasonably gradual. Most of the trails are in the forest, some with lake views.

Maps

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(G) 36.289343,-82.503302 Eastern trailhead (G)36.282225,-82.508721 Western trailhead (A) 36.290010,-82.501231 Parking at ballfields </googlemap>

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