Glenwood Ranger District

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1. James River Face Wilderness Addition
2. White Oak Ridge - Terrapin Mountain
3. North Creek
4. Wilson Mountain
5. Cove Mountain

At about 75,000 acres, this northernmost ranger district in the Blue Ridge Mountains features beautiful scenery, popular recreation attractions, and rich biodiversity. It is crossed by about 53 miles of the Appalachian Trail. The Blue Ridge Parkway reaches its highest point in Virginia at almost 4,000 feet near Apple Orchard Mountain, and stretches for 40 miles across the district. Also notable are wildflower displays, cold-water trout streams, and horse trails. The district is near Roanoke and 1-81. Less than 12,000 acres of the district is pre­served as wilderness — James River Face and the adjacent Thunder Ridge.

Across the James River to the north is the 150,000-acre Pedlar Ranger District of the George Washington National Forest. Beginning with the Three Sisters area across the river from the James River Face Wilderness, a string of roadless areas extends through this district.