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Sandy Spring - Devils Racecourse, Virginia to
Bolivar Heights, West Virginia
~ 17.0 miles - Thursday - May 7, 1981 - Day 391

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Virginia map



Virginia route information

The Progression of HikaNation - Virginia
details the journey with various organizational
memos, letters, newspaper and magazine articles.





Checkpoints along the Appalachian Trail
(Monty to be at each place for 3 days)

Clip above is from
HikaNation Virginia No. 6
from Reese Lukei, Jr.
Unofficial Virginia campsties
campsites
campsites

Unofficial HikaNation Campsites List

West Virginia to Washington, D.C. map


West Virginia route information

The Progression of HikaNation - West Virginia
details the journey with various organizational
memos, letters, newspaper and magazine articles.





Checkpoints along the Appalachian Trail
(Monty to be at each place for 3 days)

Clip above is from
HikaNation Virginia No. 6
from Reese Lukei, Jr.

Unofficial West Virginia to The Atlantic campsties
campsites

Unofficial HikaNation Campsites List


Leaving Virginia & entering West Virginia
(photo by William Ewart)

West Virginia forest trail
(photo by William Ewart)

Bruce Ohlson, "Butch" Henley & Lyle Bialk
leaving Virginia & entering West Virginia
(photo provided by Susan "Butch" Henley)

Shenandoah River, West Virginia
(photo by Tim Geoghegan)

Shenandoah River, West Virginia
(photo by William Ewart)

Shenandoah River, West Virginia
(photo by Tim Geoghegan)

Janet Parsons
leaving Virginia & entering West Virginia
(photo provided by Janet Parsons)

Gomer Pyles & Janet Parsons
(photo provided by Janet Parsons)

Somewhere in West Virginia
(photo by Janet Parsons)
Bolivar Heights, West Virginia, was the regrouping area for HikaNation after we finished hiking along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. Hiking along the Appalachian Trail was
"at your own pace", so HikaNation groups were spread out along the A.T., with various campsites every night.

Bolivar Heights campsite
(photo by William Ewart)

"Stop sign" before Bolivar Heights campsite
(photo by Janet Parsons)

Lorraine Radomski
Bolivar Heights campsite
(photo by William Ewart)

Shenandoah River, West Virginia
(photo by William Ewart)
From William Ewart's journal:



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