Pinnacles Picnic Grounds (North) to Jewell Hollow Overlook - Appalachian Trail - Shenandoah National Park

After the short jaunt between Appalachian Trail trailheads at Pinnacles Picnic Grounds, we continued our mid-October 2020 trip to Shenandoah National Park with another short hike from the north end of Pinnacles Picnic Grounds to Jewell Hollow Overlook. While the sign states the segment is 0.3 miles, my Garmin GPS receiver showed the distance to be closer to ¼ mile. The trail elevation is fairly level with a dip and climb of less than 20 feet in the first 0.2 miles before descending 50 feet in the last 100 yards.

Topographic map with GPS route

Elevation profile

The trail is somewhere in the mowed grass

Typical trail conditions

Open forest

Approaching a viewpoint atop a cliff

Fall colors and the Shenandoah Valley

The trail skirts some boulders atop the cliff

Still open forest

Starting the descent

Marker for the access trail

The AT continues on to the north

Shenandoah Valley from Jewell Hollow Overlook

A Shenandoah National Park entry fee of $30 per vehicle, $25 per motorcycle, or $15 per person is valid for seven consecutive days. Other fee payment options include the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes including the Annual Pass ($80), Senior Pass ($80 for a lifetime), Access Pass (free with a documented disability), and Military Annual Pass (free for active-duty personnel). Also available is a Shenandoah Annual Pass for $55. 

The Shenandoah National Park website is https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm.

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail website is https://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy website is https://www.appalachiantrail.org/.