Exploring Virginia's George Washington National Forest Offroad - Sugar Tree Trail

Exploring Virginia's George Washington National Forest Offroad - Sugar Tree Trail - Jeep JK Overland

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Come along for part 1 of my Christmas Eve 2023 trip into Virginia's George Washington National Forest! I'm mapping new (to me) territory about an hour west of Staunton, VA on FS-394/Sugar Tree.
Sugar Tree is a basic, but scenic 19 mile long trail that features almost unending switchbacks, and plentiful campsites.
Sugar Tree is a lesser-traveled trail, and provides an excellent opportunity to explore and camp in areas that aren't overrun with others!
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Chapters:
00:00 Start
01:19 On the Trail
05:05 GWNF From the Air
07:41 Further Down the Trail
09:15 Aerial Footage
11:47 A Decent Place to Pitch a Tent
14:07 A Big Dang Camp Site
16:55 Epic Shots from Above
18:41 The Home Stretch
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@michaelbroyer3918 8 күн бұрын

I liked and subscribed. I love this little but non technical overland journey on a long FS road. I plan to hit it up in my 4wd very soon for one of those chill car camping weekends! Thanks!

@DefiantOffroad 8 күн бұрын

Definitely not a hard trail, but scenic! Thanks for subscribing!

@michaelbroyer3918 7 күн бұрын

Did you follow the road north to south or vice versa? Looking at it on google maps now... Thanks

@DefiantOffroad 7 күн бұрын

South to North!

@garretlewis4103 12 күн бұрын

Your video came up as a KZfaq recommendation. Living in VA the GWNF is in our back yard. Always looking for more places to go. Thanks for picking up the trash. People just don’t get it. They keep leaving trash and the road gets shut down.

@DefiantOffroad 12 күн бұрын

Glad you found your way here! Trashing the trails is one of my pet peeves. I've probably picked up at least 50 lbs worth of trash in the last year and a half.

@anothersiguy Ай бұрын

Had no idea stuff like this was only an hour or so away from me , thanks for documenting! Looks like something even the old family Kia could handle too haha. Great drone shots!

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

Hey, thanks! That trail is super basic. I don't recall any specific parts that any passenger vehicle couldn't handle.

@nomoreblahblah 2 ай бұрын

Good video. Thank you for cleaning up after the litterbugs in the forest. They even litter at established campsites, I've cleaned up a few. Take care. I subscribed and clicked the like button

@DefiantOffroad 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Trashing the trails is definitely a pet peeve!

@DxDOverland 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Will. It was a very relaxing drive; glad I "went along"!

@DefiantOffroad 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Mark!

@terrylovin7405 Ай бұрын

We ran this trail last October as part of an “overland” route between Bald Mountain and Union Springs up to Flagpole Knob. It was quite a view with the leaves changing.

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

For being such an easy trail, it's surprisingly nice, isn't it?

@terrylovin7405 Ай бұрын

@@DefiantOffroad yeah, it was a nice drive. And like you mentioned, campsites scattered throughout the entire trail.

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

No shortage of campsites, that's for sure! If you haven't already, check out my most recent trail video from Pedlar River. That was another simple trail with some pretty good campsites.

@reidcardwell 6 ай бұрын

Great to see some stuff on the East Coast! Recently found and subscribed, I'm in North Carolina, so a lot of the trails you follow are pretty close to home. Thanks for the video!

@DefiantOffroad 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I'm always looking for new places to go that don't already have 50 videos done of them, so if you have any good spots let me know!

@tobyhottle9540 4 ай бұрын

Great video. This trail is part of the MABDR for adventure motorcycles. Mid Atlantic back country discovery route.

@DefiantOffroad 4 ай бұрын

Yep! It's definitely a great place for a relaxing trip in the woods. Thank you for watching and commenting!

@overlander948 6 ай бұрын

Back on the old stomping grounds I see! GWNF has to seem a little dull compared to Moab.

@DefiantOffroad 6 ай бұрын

I don't know that I'd say "dull". Riding trails like this is more relaxing than a place Moab. Moab was definitely more adventure and no relaxing.

@leesonoutdoors 5 ай бұрын

Right in my backyard and if you are due west of Staunton probably highland co but SW is Bath lol but hey your out that's all that really matters can't recall of I have been on this one or not I think I have looks familiar especially all those build out roadside sites

@DefiantOffroad 5 ай бұрын

It's a great trail to just sit back and take a relaxing ride on!

@leesonoutdoors 5 ай бұрын

@@DefiantOffroad yeah pretty sure I've been on that one it's kinda right in my backyard I have torn the trails up in this area since I retired in 2020 I was actually out on FR 85 just this past Friday at fr the backside of Reddish Knob great area to unwind close to home

@davidmccormick8060 Ай бұрын

Great video! Did you go north to south or south to north? I’d love to drive it, and looking at OnX you did Liberty Trail too, would it be possible to drive these 2 trails in one day?

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

I ran it south to north. I did both of those trails in one day, and that included filming. It would definitely take much less time if you weren't filming.

@griffindiguardo Ай бұрын

Most of those camp sites are occupied all hunting season long by trailers so big you can hardly believe they got hauled out there

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

Wow!

@davidgates1122 Ай бұрын

I am one of those hunters. I have modified my 26 foot travel trailer to hold up to doing this. Most of the trailers you see are not set up properly for this and sustain damage as a result.

@richardli8634 15 күн бұрын

by chance is this trail overland trailer capable?

@DefiantOffroad 15 күн бұрын

Totally!

@richardli8634 15 күн бұрын

@@DefiantOffroad thanks for letting me know my man! Adding this to my list of go to camping spots

@DefiantOffroad 15 күн бұрын

No problemo! It's a super easy trail (basically just a gravel road) and plenty of room. There's tons of campsites and they're all right on the side of the trail.

@richardli8634 14 күн бұрын

@@DefiantOffroad I have a jumpingjack trailer and haven't found anywhere to take it yet, most of my usual places are too wheely for it

@DefiantOffroad 14 күн бұрын

@@richardli8634 you'll be fine at sugar tree! Check out my video from Pedlar River as well. I think you'd be good to go there as well, and there's also good campsites

@fogrider4607 Ай бұрын

I don’t find that trail in the nfs map app?

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

I use OnX, but if it helps, the coordinates for the trail location are near the beginning of the video.

@briannordwall7631 6 ай бұрын

I enjoy your local Virginia videos but would be better without the constant promoting of Patreon 😢

@DefiantOffroad 6 ай бұрын

I get no joy from doing it (I'd go so far as to say that I dislike it), but I spend a lot of money making these videos. KZfaq isn't my full time job, and I'm not rolling in ad revenue and sponsor money. While no one has any obligation to offset that, as I do it of my own free will (and enjoy it), it's nice when viewers choose to help defray the cost. In my own defense, I don't believe that mentioning it 4 times in 21 minutes constitutes "constant" by any definition of the word. At 06:50 in the video, I actually edited out a reference to it, because I felt like I was mentioning it too much already. I do sincerely appreciate you not only watching the video, but sticking around long enough to form an opinion on the matter, and I hope that it doesn't run you off!

@Brntout_ Ай бұрын

@@DefiantOffroad I rather hear it from you about your patreon and that we actually get something out of it like the locations for the camp sites.. not like other KZfaqrs who just riddle their videos with ads. I’m not a KZfaqr don’t know if that’s how that works but that’s what it seems like to me. So a plug here and there I’m good with it awesome video!!!!

@DefiantOffroad Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!