Virginia trails · Green Mountain ATV Trail
Green Mountain ATV Trail
A 6.0-mile out-and-back in Virginia, with 1,204 ft of climbing. Reaches Walters Gap and other pass/summit destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 56% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 2.0.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Walters Gap (pass)
- Golladays Gap (pass)
- Green Mountain (summit)
- Opechee Peak (summit)
- Red Spring Gap (pass)
Getting there
Green Mountain access. 38.80740, -78.50186 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:14 a.m., the sun rises at 6:41 a.m. and sets at 7:46 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:13 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 12.0-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 38 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:19 p.m. — 7 h 26 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Green Mountain ATV Trail + Peters Mill Run — 11.0 mi loop, 1,601 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Massanutten — 1.1 mi
- Knob Mtn Trail — 11.1 mi
- Neighbor Mtn Trail — 12.3 mi
- Mill Mountain Trail — 12.9 mi