A B&B at Llewellyn Lodge

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  Welcome to these Outdoor Adventure pages, I am sure you will find many interesting areas of outdoor interest. We will be listing current Outdoor Events on this page weekly.  One of the most gratifying elements  of being an innkeeper is helping  guests on an outdoor outing or adventure that just might provide a memory for life for them.   We have lots of maps, local knowledge and  a detailed   Trail and Outdoor book here at the Lodge that will help give you ideas in addition to those listed on our Outdoor Adventure pages here.  

I'm a 62 year native of the Lexington-Rockbridge County area and most of my spare time is spent enjoying nature or partaking in an outdoor activity. Please review all of these outdoor pages and e-mail me any questions that you may have. Plan your day or multiple day outings staying with us.  I recommend trying several of them. We will get you started with a full breakfast from our Lodge's Breakfast Menu and go over any last second details to make sure you get the most out of your trip.  John  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

MAY 1 OUTDOORS UPDATE-  Perfect weather,Vistas, Spring foliage, wildfower study, wildlife study and some  excellent trail  and other outdoor offerings offerings make May one of the local area's best outdoor months.   You can make We have a detailed Hiking book  for those wanting to do mountain hikes in the local National Forests, it's loaded with local info too. Many of our  guests like to start with an easy walk this month and a favorite here is do a 3 1/2 mile loop that covers part of the Woods Creek Trail in town. Start from the Lodgeand pick up the Trail just down street a 1/4 mile. This trail follows a nice little and will give a glimpse of part of both Virginia Military Institute and Washington & Lee  University  campuses. Game sightings can be fun and you may stop by the Marshall Museum, VMI Museum and Lee Chapel if the timing is the right , If it's lunch time you will  have lots of choices as most of Lexington's restarants are along the way. We have the menus here to peruse before you start. This is also a great running trail, you can make it 5 miles roundtrip by going all the way to the Maury River. Another option is the extension of this trail called the Chessie Trail  which is another 6 miles down the very scenic and fast flowing Maury River.  This rails to trails is also fun to do no matter what season, the trail has a good all weather base.

 Recommended Hikes This Month:

Cold Mt.-Old Hotel Trail mile Loop inclues Appalachian Trail with 360 degree view at 4050' Elev. This one is hard to beat.- 1400' elev. change

Crabtree Falls- Highest cascade of Falls E. of the Nississippi -scenic dive up the Blue Ridge Parkway to get there- can access the Appalachian Trail also-good workout.

Hidden Valley Trail- Easy hike in Bath County- National Forest hike up the Jackson River- lots of wildflowers and wild game- trout fishing.

MAY IS GREAT MONTH TO LEARN TO FLYFISH and our INTRO Trip For Beginners is the Best in The state. Check out the trips on www.vatrout.com.

 GOLF PACKAGE- LLEWELLYN LODGE-CALL 1-800-882-145 for Our Outdoor Deal of the Month/.  Enjoy a great in town B&B stay on combined with a day of golf on the scenic and challenging layout of the private Lexington Golf & Country Club  18 hole course. the We are 3 minutes drive to the first tee box. 5 water holes and 2 meandering streams will test you , the back nine gives you beautiful views of the Blue Ridge Miountains.  Golf club rentals are offered and grille is always a good place for lunch. Please call 1-800-882-1145 for rates.

Sporting Clays- Learn to  shoot clays this month from the expert Andy Tubb at The Glorious Twelfth www.theglorioustwelfth.com - great 1 on 1 instruction from Andy who has 25 years coaching experience.

 Two nice golf courses are closeby, we can get you on the private  very scenic Lexington Golf and Country Club 3 minutes to the first tee box. The public Vista Links course is only 10 minutes from the Lodge. January and February always have a few golfing days.

Enjoy an outstanding trail ride with expert Deborah Sensabaugh at Virginia Mountain Outfitters which is only 15 minutes away. http://www.virginiamountainoutfitters.com/

 

 

SPOTLIGHT ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL THIS MONTH- 12- 16 miles From the Lodge, we have several loop hikes which gives our hikers a chance to walk a part of it. One great thing about our Llewellyn Lodge location is the fairly short distance to the Appalachian Trail.  I have several top of chart loop hikes that I recommend that include walking 1-5 miles on this nationally acclaimed linial park. One is a 5.75 one that rewards you with a 360 degree view at 4050' above sea level. Another 7 miler takes you up a beautiful native Brook trout stream, tyou then transverse the AT and complete the loop down another very scenic native trout stream. Yet another offering which can include the AT rakes you up the highest set of waterfalls East of the Mississippi. I'll be happy to help you plan a personilized  1 or multiple day adventure. John John 1-800-882-1145 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  

 

By the numbers: The Appalachian Trail

 

2,180 - Total mileage of the AT between Springer Mountain, in north Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, in central Maine.

15 - Years it took volunteers to complete the AT.

31 - Number of hiking clubs that volunteer to maintain the AT from Maine to Georgia.

250 - Approximate number of overnight shelters along the length of the AT.

5 million - Number of footsteps it takes to hike the length of AT.

500-600 - Average number of thru-hikers who complete the entire trek each year.

2,300 - Estimated number of thru-hikers who started northbound on the AT in the spring of 2012.

28 - Percentage of hikers each year who set out to thru-hike the AT and succeed.

5-7 - Average number of months it takes to complete the entire AT.

79 - Earl Shaffer's age when he completed the AT for the third time in 1998.

14 hours, 50 minutes, 22 seconds - Time of Smokies ranger David Worth's 2011 record-setting run of the AT's 72 miles through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

46 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes - Women's overall speed record for hiking (supported) the AT, set in the summer of 2011 by Jennifer Pharr Davis.

80 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes - Women's record for hiking the AT (unsupported), set in 2001 by Elizabeth Thomas.

47 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes - Men's AT speed record (supported), set by Andrew Thompson in 2005

 

 

Learn to Flyfish April-May