Route: MD/WV Triple Crown (Loudoun Heights, Maryland Heights, Weverton Cliffs)

This route includes three significant climbs to three popular overlooks with small amounts of flat connecting each. The route begins at the River Access Parking Lot in Harpers Ferry, WV. Runners will turn left from the parking lot, following the sidewalk across the Shenandoah River. The sidewalk ends at the staircase that leads down to the trail.  This section is all part of the AT, and runners should follow white blazes until the trail splits to the Loudoun Heights trail (blue blaze) to the left. The trail ends at the overlook. Turn around, and return following the same path to the 340 (Shenandoah) bridge. From the river access parking lot, runners should return to the AT in the opposite direction and follow the trail to the footbridge in Harpers Ferry. Once across the footbridge, runners should turn left following the C&O canal to the street crossing labeled Maryland Heights. Runners will cross the road onto the Maryland Heights trail and proceed to the overlook. At all trail intersections, runners should stay to the right. Once at the overlook, runners should return following the same path to the C&O canal. Once back on the C&O canal, runners should follow the C&O canal past the footbridge upstream toward Weverton Cliffs. Following the AT, runners should cross Keep Tryst Rd by taking a left off of the C&O canal. From Keep Tryst Rd to the base of Weverton Cliffs is approximately one mile. After crossing Weverton Cliffs Rd, runners should follow the AT up to the Weverton Cliffs sign and make a right to the overlook. Runners should then turn around and descend back down the AT to the canal, making a right on the canal toward Harpers Ferry. Once back to the footbridge, runners should proceed across the bridge and into the town and run back to the River Access Parking Lot using the main entrance road.