Outdoors · Hiking/Trail
Hightop Mountain
A continuous 1.5-mile climb along the Appalachian Trail from Skyline Drive mile 66.7 to the highest summit in the park's south district, with a west-facing rock outcrop over the Shenandoah Valley. The full out-and-back runs about three miles.
From the Journal
- Hightop Mountain Hike: A Fall Climb on Skyline Drive
Hightop Mountain is a continuous 1.5-mile Appalachian Trail climb from Skyline Drive mile 66.7 to the highest summit in its stretch of Shenandoah National Park.
- Chesley Creek Farm Cottages: Dyke Cabins for Two
Four cabins for two at 2428 Brokenback Mountain Road in Dyke, rated 4.9 on Google, make a quiet Greene County base for an October weekend.
- Greene County, VA: Fall Hikes, Cabins & Quiet Retreats
Greene County pairs two of Shenandoah National Park's most rewarding short hikes — the Bearfence Mountain rock scramble and the Appalachian Trail climb up Hightop Mountain — with cabin stays at Lydia Mountain Lodge and the four-cottage retreat at Chesley Creek Farm.