Purchase Ridge

File:Placeholder.jpg Trail Name Purchase Ridge Nearest City Duffield State Virginia Trail Marking Brown Blaze Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 11 Hours <br />0.0625 Days <br />60 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 2.12.1 mi <br />3.38 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 340340 Feet <br />103.632 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 20442,044 Feet <br />681.333 Yards <br />623.011 Meters <br /> Nearest Medical Kingsport, TN 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":36.70277999999999707370079704560339450836181640625,"lon":-82.737750000000005456968210637569427490234375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Natural Tunnel State Park. A couple mile hike from the campground to an overlook viewing the valley with the railroad tunnel.

How to get there

From Kingsport, TN

1. Take Highway US-23 north into Virginia for 18 miles.
2. At park sign, turn right onto State Route 871 for bit over a mile.
3. At Hampton, stay on US19E as it veers right.
4. Veer right at State Route 646 until reaching park entrance.
5. Continue to the Cove View campground area to find the main trailhead.

There appears to be multiple trailheads. This description starts at the back of the Cove View campground area. You can probably easily hop onto the trail from the Lovers Leap campground. There is an intersection with the Gorge Ridge Trail. Or take Buck Rub Trail from the cabins area.

Route Description

The main 2.1 miles of trail wanders up and around the summit. Return back to trailhead.

Typical Conditions

Hard packed dirt - shared with bikes, so be alert.

Fees, Permits, etc.

Daily parking fee for passenger vehicles into VA state parks is $2 weekdays, $3 weekends. Bring exact change.

After the Hike

Check out the park visitors center.

Maps

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