Tennessee - North Carolina Parking Info

Section (North to South)

Section: Damascus, VA to US 421 (Low Gap, TN)
Mile Marker	Directions, Comments, Source, Map Link, and Year Last Reviewed	Number of Vehicles
11.10 miles Mc Queens Gap	Trail Crossing and Parking: 36.574026, -81.915437 --- GPS took me directly to the parking area. The gravel road was in decent shape. The AT crosses right at the small parking area. There are a few other pull-offs along the road. From the Gap, NOBO leaves North East and SOBO leaves South West. Historical Directions (road names may have changed): From Laurel Avenue in downtown Damascus, take Route 133 south. (This is the intersection immediately to the east of Mt. Rogers Outfitters.) Cross into Tennessee. In approximately 11 miles, the road crosses the 'Jim Hutchinson' bridge. The intersection with McQueens Gap Road is just beyond this. Go right here. (There is another road, Wild Rose Road, which also intersects here and may cause confusion.) In about 0.5 miles, turn left, staying on McQueens Gap Road. The road soon turns to gravel. The AT crossing is at the crest of the ridge. There is a parking pull-off on the right. Note: If coming the other direction, it is 2.8 miles from Shady Valley via Route 133 to the McQueens Gap Road junction. 05/09/22 --- DA Thomas --- https://goo.gl/maps/jMk2AWYtHBnX79Ar8 --- 2022	3
14.80 miles US 421 Low Gap, TN - south parking	See directions to the main (north) parking area in Low Gap (see previous listing). There is a smaller parking lot a few hundred feet further west (trail south). This is on the south side of the road. The green arrow on the attached map indicates this area. --- The southbound AT crosses the other parking lot, follow the highway to this lot, turns left into it and then immediately left on an old road. The street view to the south on the attached map shows the road and one corner of the lot. Rotate to the southwest to see the entire parking area. 06/27/11 --- David Cullen --- http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.5388%2C-81.9489&hl=en&ll=36.538847%2C-81.94886… --- 2011	5-6 in this lot
14.80 miles US 421 Low Gap, TN - north parking	From Laurel Avenue in downtown Damascus, take Route 133 south. (This is the intersection immediately to the east of Mt. Rogers Outfitters.) Cross into Tennessee. In 14 miles an intersection in the community of Shady Valley is reached. Go right on US 421. The AT crossing is 3 miles from this intersection at the crest of the ridge. --- There is a large dirt parking lot on the north side of the road (right when coming from Shady Valley). The green on the attached map shows this lot. The southbound AT comes in from the north (Section 1) here, crosses the lot and goes left along the highway a hundred feet or so. There is second smaller lot on the south side of the road. Here the trail makes a sharp left turn and starts to ascend along an old road into Section 2. Rotate the street view to the north to see the large parking lot. 12/04/09 --- David Cullen --- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36.5388%2C-81.9482&… --- 2011	12-15 in larger lot
14.80 miles US 421 Low Gap, TN - north parking	Take US 421 18 miles east from Bristol, TN to AT crossing. It is also 3 miles east of Shady Valley on US 421. --- Picnic table 2/3/06 --- 2006	8-10
14.80 miles US 421 Low Gap, TN - north parking	01/29/08 --- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=36.538467%2C-81.947… --- 2008