1. 2007 Virginia Outdoors Plan
(News/Latest News)

...n to the 250-mile Tuscarora Trail. Background The Tuscarora Trail, known in the past as the Big Blue trail in Virginia, was, until 1994, featured strongly in the annual Virginia Outdoors Plan....

2. What is "The Biby?"
(Projects/The Biby)

...nge the donation of easements that allowed the Club to bring the Tuscarora Trail (then known as The Big Blue Trail) north from The Pinnacle toward the town of Gore, VA. In 2004, shortly after it was t...

3. Appendix E. Trailheads and Parking
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Appendices)

... PA 456 Take Ward Drive about 1.0mi north of PA 456 to the state game lands parking lot. Yellow/Blue-Blazed Trailhead near PA 456 About two miles north of Sylvan, take a dirt road 0.8mi we...

4. Appendix F. Side and Connecting Trails
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Appendices)

...The Appalachian Trail is the northern terminus of the Tuscarora Trail. The Darlington Trail follows the Blue Mountain ridge east from the intersection with the Tuscarora and Appalachian trails. War...

5. Appendix I. Scenic, Cultural, and Natural Resources
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Appendices)

...grouse habitat. High Rock, mile 30.7 Rock formation with view of the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge to the east. A white-blazed trail leads to a crawl over the “knife edge” ...

6. C. Trail Identification and Promotion
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Chapters)

...s that provide direction and where possible indicate that the trail is for foot traffic only. The trail blue blazes should be easily identified from all crossing sites. The Potomac Appalachian Trail C...

7. A. Trail Maintenance
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Chapters)

...develop an understanding with the owners of all non-PATC owned land concerning the use of obstacles. Blue blazes, 6-inches by 2-inches, using the offset technique, should be painted in sufficient n...

8. Chapter 4. The Physical Trail
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Chapters)

...located. The Club has to concentrate on recruitment of volunteers from less populated areas west of the Blue Ridge to support the Tuscarora Trail system. ...

9. Chapter 2. Background and Trail Description
(Tuscarora Trail Management Plan/Chapters)

...mplete trail was originally built as separate trails—the Tuscarora Trail in the north and the Big Blue Trail in the south. The Tuscarora Trail departs to the west from the Appalachian Trail at t...

10. PATC Trails Program
(About PATC/Overview)

...the Supervisor of Trails. Trail Crews The list of current PATC trail crews include the: Blue and White Crew Cadillac Crew DC Crew Hoodlums South Mountaineers Stonewall B...

11. The Early Years
(About PATC/History)

...m Monday through Friday, they also worked at least half a day on Saturdays. In order to go out into the Blue Ridge mountains to scout passable lines for the new AT, Club members had to start out on Sa...

12. About The Biby
(Projects/The Biby)

...in the Shawneeland Resort development. Richard Biby has supported the Tuscarora (formerly The Big Blue) Trail for years. When he served the Shawneeland Resort Homeowners Association, he helped n...

13. The Blue and White Crew
(Web Links / PATC links)

The Blue and White Crew is a volunteer trail crew, sponsored by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. The crew works primarily in the Central District of Shenandoah National Park (the region of the Park

14. Tuscarora Trail Management Plan
(Section List)

... Americans whose traditional lands were in central Pennsylvania. PATC called its section “The Big Blue.” Why? Originally, this trail was to be a major section of the Appalachian Trai...