Hike the Historic Blue Ridge Tunnel

The Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail is a 4.5- mile out-and-back, from the west trailhead to the east trailhead, or vice-versa. After nearly 20 years of effort by Nelson County, the rail-trail passes through a 4,700-foot tunnel bored through the Blue Ridge Mountains, constructed between 1850 and 1858. As the tunnel isn’t lit, you should bring a headlamp or flashlight. Temperatures in the tunnel are around 50 degrees, so think layers. Because of limited parking at the two trailheads, we will meet up at the Rockfish Gap Outfitters parking lot in Waynesboro and carpoo to the western trailhead parking area, which only has 20 spaces. If the lot is full, we'll continue driving to the eastern trailhead parking area, hoping to find spaces there.

The eastern trailhead is located at 215 Afton Depot Lane in Afton, VA, and the western trailhead is located at 483 Three Notched Hwy, Waynesboro, VA.

Here is the AllTrails description of the hike.

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/blue-ridge-tunnel