Name: Stony Man Trail
Rating: 4.4

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Family Friendly A short, relatively easy trail with some great views along the way.

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The start of this trail is located off of the blue and white-blazed Appalachian Trail (AT). At the trail post continue onto the blue-blazed Stony Man Trail. After about a quarter of a mile, you'll come to a junction with the Stony Man Summit Trail - this short spur trails takes you to a great viewpoint and is well worth the side trip! At the viewpoint, you'll overlook the Shenandoah Valley, the town of Luray, and the Massanutten and Allegheny Mountains beyond.

To continue on the loop, stay right at the junction with the Stony Man Summit Trail to take the blue-blazed Stony Man Trail back to the junction with the A.T.

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Land Manager: NPS - Shenandoah National Park

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Kristen Arendt with improvements by Debbie Yum

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Trail Ratings

4.4 from 38 votes

#1

in Central District

#98

Overall

4.4 from 38 votes

5 Star		58%
4 Star		29%
3 Star		13%
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1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#1

in Central District

#1

in Virginia

#98

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May 10, 2026 near Stanley, VA

Little Stony Man, as seen from the Stonly Man Trail in early October.

Dec 16, 2015 near Stanley, VA

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Check-Ins

Sep 1, 2026

Anonymous

Aug 1, 2026

JOHN PERRY

Apr 19, 2026

Jack Whittington

1.6mi

Jul 3, 2025

Anonymous

Jun 12, 2025

Matthew Prowant

Sep 19, 2024

Derek Morris

5h 00m

Sep 3, 2024

Kayla Hutton

Jul 9, 2024

Kathleen Yeager

Guided ranger tour with ranger Bailey

Jul 5, 2024

Brian L

May 21, 2024

Isabel Sappington

Oct 23, 2023

Brooke Walczak

Combine with larger loop.

Oct 23, 2023

Colleen Gebauer

Paired with AT loop for a longer hike. Ideal for weekday to avoid people — 0h 30m

Oct 7, 2023

Lily Adams

Oct 6, 2023

Lily Adams

Jul 31, 2023

Emily White

Went to both overlooks and took horse trail back down, good views. Easy to moderate. 27 weeks pregnant. 1.6mi — 0h 40m

May 13, 2023

Meredith Wozniak

May 8, 2023

Ann Poland Ciepiela

Apr 29, 2023

J H

Apr 17, 2023

Michael Webb

Nov 4, 2022

Kelly Corks

Oct 16, 2022

Erin Jerig

Oct 14, 2022

Abby Allen

Oct 9, 2022

Carly Riedmann

Hiked 10/08

Sep 24, 2022

Alex Witt

Aug 6, 2022

Will Heinle

Jul 20, 2022

Nathan Kitchen

Jul 12, 2022

Shawn R

Jun 21, 2022

Chris Palmer

May 21, 2022

Jenna B

Hiked with Ryann

May 17, 2022

Bear Rinehart

Apr 16, 2022

Samantha Butler

1.5mi — 47h 51m

Apr 6, 2022

Eric Mitchell

Feb 20, 2022

Matthew Powers

Dec 28, 2021

C B

Oct 31, 2021

Benjamin Hecht

1.6mi — 0h 41m

Oct 23, 2021

S C

Oct 23, 2021

Scott Ruona

Oct 14, 2021

Staci Vaske

Oct 9, 2021

Ambar .

Aug 9, 2021

Susana Wong

Beautiful view. Our first summit climb. 1.6mi

Jul 14, 2021

Stephen Murray

Jun 13, 2021

Tyger Hawkins

Jun 8, 2021

Jill Manthei

1.6mi

Apr 16, 2021

Risa JMP

Mar 15, 2021

Taylor Screws

To stony man summit 1.6mi

Nov 27, 2020

Molly McLeod

Nov 14, 2020

Brooke Marie

Oct 17, 2020

Michaela Cirone

The second peak (to the left) was less crowded and more peaceful. Both peaks at Stony Man were so beautiful & breathtaking. Favorite hike in the park! 1.2mi — 1h 30m

Oct 17, 2020

Lindsay H

Oct 10, 2020

Veronika Z

Oct 10, 2020

Amy Love

Sep 20, 2020

Heather Franke

Sep 7, 2020

Cody K

0.5mi

Sep 6, 2020

Emma Smith-Hogan

Aug 29, 2020

Fabio Solano

Aug 8, 2020

Cheryl Deckard

Jul 23, 2020

Paul Avazier

Jul 19, 2020

Chris Ferrone

Jul 6, 2020

Karen Ryan

Fantastic view and an easy hike. 1.6mi — 0h 20m

Jul 2, 2020

J G

Mar 29, 2020

Brandon Keene

0.5mi

Mar 18, 2020

Christina Potter

Jan 11, 2020

Jessica Morgan

Windy at the top but great views with the clouds blowing in 3mi — 4h 00m

Nov 9, 2019

Jena Turner

Oct 31, 2019

Miranda Kinder

Oct 14, 2019

Sarah Maynard

Oct 12, 2019

Michael Sartorius

Oct 7, 2019

Ari Tepper

0.5mi

Oct 4, 2019

Kristin Spitler

Oct 3, 2019

Ryan Gillikin

Aug 16, 2019

Jesse Daniels

Aug 10, 2019

Keith Welch

Short gravel trail to fantastic views of Shenandoah. 0.5mi — 5h 30m

Jul 27, 2019

Madyson VanHyll

Jul 26, 2019

Megan Staley

1st hike with Beau and Miles. No pets at the summit. Great overlook before you got to the summit. Little Stony Man Trail — 2h 00m

Jul 9, 2019

Matthew Marchand

Jul 1, 2019

Kay Ko

Jun 22, 2019

Brianna H

Jun 21, 2019

Matt Mortensen

Jun 16, 2019

Faadhil Moheed

Went wrong way and walked to Stony Man parking lot. Had to backtrack to Little Stony Man parking area 3.1mi — 1h 45m

May 17, 2019

Michelle Chin

Sunset hike saw bear 1.6mi

Apr 29, 2019

J Taylor

Apr 28, 2019

Shannon Harris

Rocky but easy 0.5mi — 10h 00m

Apr 19, 2019

Y H

0.5mi

Apr 6, 2019

Emily Brown

Apr 5, 2019

Cameron Smith

Mar 19, 2019

Corey T

Gradual uphill climb to summit. Very doable for family.

Feb 2, 2019

Jason Walter

Great hike up a windy path to an awesome reveal. It was a little snowy in parts which made it even more exciting. 1.6mi

Nov 13, 2018

Thomas Power

Great view from the summit. Easy access from Stony Man Parking Lot between Mile 41 & 42. 1.6mi — 2h 00m

Oct 20, 2018

Zachary Bendorf

- Stony man mountain summit - via passamaquoddy trail and AT - With sam 3.5mi

Oct 16, 2018

Carleigh Sprouse

Oct 13, 2018

Emily Comerford

Beautiful views, quick and easy hike to do after a long hike. 1.9mi

Oct 9, 2018

Paul Warner

Oct 2, 2018

Andrea Johnson

Sep 25, 2018

Doreen Matthes

1.8mi

Aug 11, 2018

Lauren Sully

Bears. Fastest I’ve hiked in my life

Aug 1, 2018

Tom Ayala

Jul 26, 2018

Christopher Donovan

Jul 20, 2018

Bill Henry

Jul 7, 2018

Kelsie Dabelstein

Jun 10, 2018

Maggie Michael

Apr 16, 2018

Nevil Gomes

Apr 13, 2018

Ceylan Alkan

Such a beautiful trail and easy. The end is well worth it. Amazing view from stony man.

Mar 26, 2018

Rebecca Nordby

Feb 24, 2018

Daniel Fitzke

Highest walking peak, beautiful view 1.8mi

Feb 11, 2018

Kelli Baxstrom

Nov 11, 2017

Mike Adkins

Family Hike

Oct 16, 2017

Kai Smith

Sep 7, 2017

CJ S

Aug 27, 2017

Phil G

Little Stony Man and Stony Man Loops 4mi — 2h 07m

Jul 18, 2017

CJ Mills

Great!

Jul 4, 2017

Lou Poulas

Perhaps best view in park 1.4mi — 0h 40m

Jun 30, 2017

Andrew S

Jun 24, 2017

Jerry Cruz

May 18, 2017

Shelby Snow

Apr 12, 2017

Biljana Klasnja

3mi

Feb 19, 2017

Katherine Clements

0.5mi

Feb 14, 2017

Chris McCloud

Done along with Passamaquoddy/Furnace Spring/AT trails.

Feb 14, 2017

Chris McCloud

Did Stony Man vicinity as part of loop on all Stony Man trails (AT-Passaquomoddy-Stony Man-Furnace Spring).

Jan 20, 2017

Zachary Runk

Oct 30, 2016

Angela Bugayong

Easy hike with beautiful fall views!

Sep 24, 2016

Joseph Gruber

Aug 21, 2016

Ryan Work

Aug 10, 2016

William Johnson

Jul 17, 2016

Amanda Grubb

May 18, 2016

Brent Nelson

Mar 12, 2016

Joseph McCormick

Wide, easy trail with around 325 foot elevation gain. Trail is wide and easy with some steep spots. Most of it has a lightly gravelly do surface. G... — 1h 22m

Nov 26, 2015

Daniel Poole

Black Friday