Blue Ridge Parkway · North Carolina, Virginia

Humpback Rocks Trail

0.9 mi of trail, end to end · about 750 ft of climbing · 2,377 ft–3,145 ft · trail class Developed · hiking

Views

2,377 ft 3,142 ft · 0.8 mi high 3,145 ft

Along the way Humpback Gap Overlook

Trailhead Trailhead 2,373 ft Drive there

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.