At 14.7 miles the Jeremy's Run loop is one of the longest in the SNP. On the Neighbor Mountain Trail there are several beautiful views to the west of Kennedy Peak, Duncan Knob, and the Three Sisters Ridge just to the south. Also with 14 crossings of Jeremy's Run this hike can be a challenge in the spring when the water is at its highest level.
From the parking area start down the connector trail where it shortly joins the white blazed Appalachian Trail (AT). Continue downward on the white blazed AT and in 0.3 miles arrive at the intersection of the blue blazed Jeremy's Run Trail that continues downward.
Turn left remaining on the white blazed AT as it it climbs Blue Ridge. In 2.3 miles from the Jeremy's Run intersection arrive at the Blue Ridge high point, and a trail intersection that leads to the Thorton River Trail. Remain south/straight on the white blazed AT following the ridgeline for another 1.3 miles to the next intersection that leads to a Skyline Drive parking area. Again stay on the AT, and in 0.2 miles reach the four way intersection with the Neighbor Mountain Trail.
Turn right on the yellow blazed Neighbor Mountain Trail as it begins to gradually descend the Neighbor Mountain ridgeline. In 2.0 miles there are views of Three Sisters Ridge just to the south, then in another 0.9 miles views of Kennedy Peak and Duncan Knob across the valley to the west on the Massanutten Range.
The trail will now descend more steeply, making several switchbacks before arriving at Jeremy's Run in another 1.1 miles. Turn right upstream on the blue blazed Jeremy's Run Trail, and in 0.2 miles make the first of 14 stream crossings.
After crossing Jeremy's Run, continue on the blue blazed trail for 0.4 mile to the best waterfall on the hike, and on the opposite bank a large group campsite. Open campfires are not permitted in the SNP, but this is still one great camping spot at the top of a beautiful set of falls.
After passing the falls, the Jeremy's Run Trail will continue for 4.3 miles crossing the stream 13 more times before arriving at the intersection of the Knob Mountain Cutoff Trail. Continue straight on the Jeremy's Run Trail as it now becomes steeper for the 0.8 miles back to the intersection of the white blazed AT, and where the Jeremy's Run Trail ends.
Remain straight/uphill on the now white blazed AT for the remaining 0.3 miles back to the parking area.
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Reviews For The Jeremy's Run Hike (5 Most Recent)
Actually, I hiked over top of Knob mountain and back up Jeremy's Run which is a couple miles shorter than via Neighbor Mtn. I only saw 3 couples once I got off the AT. Took me 5 hours plus 1/2 hour for lunch. The water was flowing but low I can't imagine crossing the stream some 10 or so times in the spring. Knob Mt did not have many views at all but was fine. The Knob Mt trail was mostly an easy slope, although the Knob Mt Cutoff was a bit steep but not bad. However, I have to say that the Jeremy's Run Trail is the gentlest slope I have every been on in Shenandoah while it still brought me up 1500 feet in elevation (over about 5.5 miles) - I never felt like I was going uphill! Will try the longer Neighbor Mtn Trail now that I know the uphill is so easy.
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Date of Hike: Thursday, July 09, 2009
The Luray Trail Runners ran Jeremy's Run from the bottom trail head up to about two miles, turned around and came back. Excellent path for running for the most part with a very steep switch back that made the calves and thighs burn! The run started at 7am, the weather was perfect at a balmy 62 degrees. The pools in the run were perfect for the dogs to cool off in. This will be a favorite trail.
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msdanigirl11
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Date of Hike: Friday, July 03, 2009
During the AT portion of the trail, we saw several other hikers once we transferred to the yellow and blue blazed trail, we were the only hikers on the trail for the day. If you are looking for solitude, this is the hike! Although we saw several (and I mean several) droppings we believed to be bear, we did not actually see any bear on the hike. At the beginning of the trail on the AT, there is a long significant ascent. After this, the majority of the hike was fairly level along the ridge with really pretty views into the valley. Towards the end of the blue blazed trail, there was another long, fast rising ascent that was challenging. Although this trail has a large number of streams, they are pretty much contained within the blue-blazed portion of the trail. We weren't bothered too much by flys, but did see plenty of ticks (make sure you wear long pants). Great hike overall, would definitely recommend to advanced hikers who can go the distance and face the steep rises at times.
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Date of Hike: Friday, July 03, 2009
I hiked down from Elkswallow, to the waterfalls and campsite--then returned the same way. By the time I reached Elkswallow again I was completely knackered. At about the 6.5KM mark I saw a big pile of scat I figured was bear. I went on about 50M and heard these birds raising a storm to my left on the high groud and when I looked up I saw a black bear cub tearing up a tree at the speed of heat. The mother stayed at the base staring at me. I took some poor, but memorable video of the mother about 50 yards away. I moved on after about 3 minutes and came across more scat. The location was between two river crossings and the scats--nicely bracketing where I saw the bears, so it should be easy to find again. Someone else was camped on the other side of the run. I turned around at the falls and fished at the crossings--catching 4 trout. The only unpleasantness was the dead snake on the trail with those huge flies in their hundreds crawling all over it--yuk. I saw 6 hikers the whole time--one of whom was doing it in flip-flops!!! If you fish, take your licence with trout and NPS stamp--I was checked by the rangers as I was walking, exhausted, back to my truck. What a great day!
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Ronnen
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Date of Hike: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
We did the Mount Knob - Jeremy;s run loop.
Mount Knob trail is poorly maintained and full of ticks. The view are standard SNP views, nothing special.
Jeremy's run is nice, but if you just try to reach the water, hundrends of elephant size flies will attack you, so you need to watch the water from far away.
Overall, too long hike, nice views at Jeremy's run.
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