Thoroughfare Gap  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  1,080' Lat, Long:  38.8241, -77.7093 Map Page Views:  412. Good page?    Administrators:  Aaron James Parlier, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Danyl Britts on Jun 15, 2012 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

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Description 

Exerpt from; Hiking Upward: Bull Run Conservancy
The Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve (BRMNAP) is owned by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF), an agency of the Commonwealth. VOF has an agreement with the Bull Run Mountains Conservancy, Inc. (BRMC), for the purpose of environmental and historical education, research, natural resource management, and public access. This hiking area has many interconnecting trails leading to old mills, homesteads, and family grave sites. Two of the main attractions include the Beverley Mill, that most people who travel I66 towards Front Royal will recognize, and the Elvis Rock Overlook.

A colored trail map of the area can be found at the website mentioned above, or a more official one, including marker numbers, can be found here; brmconservancy.org/images/trail_map.jpg

Climb;
After hiking the Chestnut Ridge trail (colored Blue) towards marker 14, you'll reach the overlook where the climb is located. Looks like some decent top-roping, trad, and bouldering in select spots. Climbs range between 10ft. and 40/50ft. You could say this has everything, but you'd need to use your imagination to make anything higher than a 5.9/5.10 climb. I managed to find a spot just before sunset to boulder just past where the trail dumps you out at the overlook. V1-V5 boulders I can confirm.

There is a general store on Rt. 55 just before making the turn onto Turner Dr. And a 24hr Sheetz at the intersection of Rt.15 and Rt.55.

Getting There 

From DC:
Take Rt. 66 West towards Front Royal ;go 36mi
Exit in Haymarket onto Rt. 15 South/James Madison Hwy ;go 0.3mi
As you turn onto Rt 15, take the next traffic light VA-55 West/​John Marshall Hwy ;go 2.7mi
Turn left at Turner Dr. ;go 0.1mi
Turn left at Beverly Mills Dr. ;go 1.0mi
Go to the end of the road and park.

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View from the Overlook (climbing area)