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If you start
at Fortney, hike up the Oliver Mountain Trail (4.0 miles), turn left on
the Jackson Trail (1.0 mile), turn left on FDR 192 and return to the
Oliver Mountain Trail (1.5 miles), and walk back down to Fortney (2.1
miles), you have an 8.6-mile hike.
Another
alternative parking spot is at the end of FDR 192.
Directions:
From Route 220 heading north
from Covington, turn left onto Route 687.
Then turn left onto Route 641/666.
At the Lake Moomaw Recreation Area entrance, keep left onto Route
666. At the “T”
intersection, turn right and go about 0.2 mile.
The trailhead will be on the left, behind a guardrail, about 50
yards before reaching the Fortney Branch parking lot.
Park in this parking lot (there is a fee).
The Oliver Mountain Trail ends at its western terminus where it
intersects with the Jackson Trail. This is reached by turning left at the
above-mentioned “T” intersection and traveling south for about 0.8
mile. Turn right onto FDR 192
(a gravel road) and travel on a right-of-way through private land for 0.9
mile. The Jackson trail will
be on the left, uphill side of the parking area on FDR 192 at the National
Forest boundary line, just before a Forest Service gate.
Walk 0.9 mile on the Jackson Trail to its intersection with the
Oliver Mountain Trail. Turning
right will lead you back 4.0 miles along the Oliver Mountain Trail to
Fortney Branch. |
