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Devils Marbleyard

Next: Great Valley Farm Brewery and Winery🚗 20 min · approx.

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From the guide

A one-mile hike on the Belfast Trail near Natural Bridge Station climbs to Devils Marbleyard, a jumble of quartzite boulders covering a mountain slope in the James River Face Wilderness. Scramble up the enormous rocks for sweeping views of the boulder field, Arnold Valley, and the forested foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Where
Devils Marbleyard, Virginia 24579

About

Devils Marbleyard is wonderland of quartzite boulders jumbled precariously across the side of a mountain. Turn around as you climb the rocks for a sweeping views of the Arnold Valley far below. The creek-crossing Belfast Trail passes the marbleyard on its three-mile climb to the Appalachian Trail in the James River Face Wilderness. The trailhead is just a few miles from Natural Bridge State Park