Reported via Facebook and the Natural Bridge AT Club -
We have a wildfire that started yesterday on Cove Mountain, Botetourt County. It will be bumping the AT within a half hour. For this reason we will be posting the AT closed at State Route 43 (near the Blue Ridge Parkway) and on State Route 618 Jennings Creek Road. Fire danger is high and expected to remain so for several days.
Through hikers can hike the Blue Ridge Parkway between State Route 43 and Floyd Field(mile post 80.4) to reach the Cornelius Creek Shelter.
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