Get Outside and Do Stuff
Use the following links to plan and make the most of your visit to Damascus.
Virginia Creeper Trail
The Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail is a 34.3-mile rail-to-recreation trail, traversing through two counties from Abingdon, Virginia, through Damascus, and ending just past Whitetop Station in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, at the Virginia-North Carolina border.
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about 2,200 miles long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are rerouted or modified.
Backbone Rock
Backbone Rock Recreation Area, located along Beaverdam Creek, gets its name from a spur ridge on Holston Mountain that abrubtly ends at a bend in Beaverdam Creek. In 1901 a tunnel was drilled through the rock to allow railroad access between Shady Valley and Damascus, VA. Today, motorists pass through what is known as "The Shortest Tunnel in the World" as they travel along TN 133.
