Thank you for sharing this trail with us. Making a plan to go check it out!

Congrats on overcoming your fear of walking through the tunnel. Your amazing video is your reward for your bravery. As a child, I walked through an active train tunnel in Sabula, PA and vividly remember how cold and scary it felt the further I walked though it.

I grew up in Crozet. We had a few earthquakes but nothing to write home to Momma about. The tunnel was well built and not likely to cave in. Enjoy your travels. (Make it a point to visit the town of Crozet while you’re there!) 👍😃👍

Breathe… You can always turn around but overcoming anxiety and succeeding is always a good outcome.. You did it… Good job!

That was an awesome tunnel trail !! Great video, loved your leggings, they reminded me of a rainbow trout 😁 I just seen in the description that they are rainbow trout legging !!☺️

OMG! I went to the Blue Ridge tunnel and afton mountain last year! I love this place! It’s keeps me grounded and helps me relax when I need to take a drive there! Love it!

Great video Jacqueline. I have a similar walk to do here in Western Australia. Watching your video has made me think about moving it forward to an earlier date. I have to laugh at myself a bit, all I could imagine was Laurel and Hardy singing "on the trail of the blue ridge mountains" Thanks for putting a smile on my face All the best. Clive

Great video! Great job showing off the new trail and tunnel and conquering your fears! I've been down in some mines before and let me tell you, they are sketchy to say the least. Being open to the public, I can only imagine that engineers have gone over every square inch of this tunnel multiple times to assure its safety. This is definitely a VERY popular location and I highly recommend anyone to go early and if possible on a weekday.

I recently did this trail. Even if you’re not a hiker I still recommend it. It has to be the coolest experiences I’ve ever had. Definitely check it out.

Thanks for this video!! Definitely adding this hike to our list when we head that way next month!

What a wonderful post! I look forward to visiting the Crozet Tunnel soon. I’ve often pondered visiting “Route of the Hiawatha” out west. That 15 Mile crushed stone (Rails-to-Trails) course has numerous very long tunnels and towering trestles (best suited for an all-road bicycle, or long distance hiker). I’ll be using the Crozet Tunnel as a “yardstick” and if I really enjoy the Tunnel experience close to home- it’ll be time to plan for a trip to Idaho some day!

Thank you Hiker Girl - From Hiker Guy. I love your video!

Awesome new trail experience. Thanks for sharing. I’m happy to see that you took off your sunglasses for this hike! 🤪👍🏼🤩

That was some tunnel entrance and sounded real noisy with all the water dropping. Wow, it really was dark in the middle and amazing to think it was built 150 years ago. Well done on getting trough and also back again, double reason to be proud, cheers Alan

What a cool place! I love adventuring in new places! Love the history too! So cool!

I’m so glad I found your video! I’m supposed to be walking this tunnel this weekend and I’ve been very anxious about it. But thanks to you, I feel much better about it. Thanks for sharing this!

Great hike. Thanks for showing us the tunnel trail, we are putting it on our list to visit!

Excellent job!👏🏽 I now know whether I can do this walk or not. Thanks for the great narration of this tunnel. Keep walking you look and sound fit.😊

I've been waiting for that trail to open, thanks for the video!

Yay!!! Thank you for posting!!!♡

I only knew about this because your video popped up in my feed. I took the fam on Saturday. Awesome trail!! Thanks for the heads up 😜

Great video RVA Hiker Girl, and what a cool trail!

What an awesome tunnel!! Those old rail beds make for some good, flat trails. Hearing the voices, it must be popular.

Hi RVAHG, nice video 👍 We drove from Clingmans Dome to Harper’s Ferry a few years back including the Blue Ridge Parkway and Waynesboro. Happy Memories. 👌 ATB from England, Justin.

If you think that’s a long tunnel, you should go hike the Paw Paw Tunnel on the C&O Canal Towpath. It’s over 3000 feet long!

That is super cool! I’ve got to visit this one.

That was really cool! Great video

Wow!

Thank you I really enjoyed your documentary.

Great tunnel! Quite an experience to walk through by yourself! Nice that it’s open now for hiking! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍🎄🎄

I love this video! Thanks so much for sharing!

Been looking for something different to try, and I definitely think this is it! Thanks for sharing, I just may do this hike tomorrow!

Awesome, can’t wait to visit.

You want a really creepy tunnel? Try the Paw Paw tunnel on the C&O Canal. Nice to see this one opened up again, last time I was there it was sealed up.

Can’t wait.

I went to Ape Cave once and had so many panic attacks inside it. I felt so trapped. It was a horrible but cool experience at the same time. Never doing that again though lol

This is great! Got tunnels like this near Tahoe, love em!

This was amazing RVA ,my sort of hike loved it.stay safe debsxx

Great job Hiker Girl! I can do tunnels but mines and caves are a different story...

That’s so cool. I’ve never hiked a tunnel before. 🦑

I like a tunnel like that. Maybe a bit creepy, but I'm quite sure that mountain is not going to fall on your head! 😁 It would be more fun if you could walk one way through the tunnel and the other way over the mountain back to the car! 😁 Thanks for sharing! Have a great day! Kaat

Wow! Never even known this!

Amazing!!

Just found your channel, subscribed!

I went to this tunnel this morning and I enjoyed it! I need to go back to record a vlog on my youtube page soon!

That hike is now high on my list!!

Very cool hike to walk through those dark tunnels! Cheers

I worked in Crozet back in the 80s and I remember everything but the fore mentioned hike So a factory or two a mill and a car lot plus Del Monte

looks like such a fun hike definitely putting it on my bucket list. A future KZfaq video for me for sure if anybody likes outdoorsy videos u should check it out

Thanks for the video!

Thanks for sharing.. Thats alot of mountain overhead. I will definitely need to have a discussion with myself when I do this one🙄. Cool history for us though. Sidenote: those leggings! Love them❤

Makes the inverted Tower of the Knights Templar look like a walk in the park... Have you seen that one? It's in Portugal... Of course there are videos

That tunnel was shut down in 1944 because of increased train traffic for WW2 and a new tunnel was built 50 feet away from the old tunnel and could take more train traffic and was more modern and had more modern safety features and was less worn down by time and at 1:41 you could see the train tracks of the new line and those tracks go to the same place the old ones did

Great video thank you for sharing. I subbed so I can check on your adventures as they happen!

Good heads up about the parking situation cuz other videos didn't bother to mention... My fantasy would be to burn some incense... Specifically chaga... the place could use some healing

Cool tunnel

I sure can see how this would be a bit scary, you did great.

Hi there , just subbed also , great video on this channel , I am a big metal detecting fool , would love to hit the surrounding areas , cheers 🍻

do you have to turn around and walk back through? Or does it circle around?

How do I get to it? I live in Northern VA.

Awesome video

How many hour hike is it from start to finish?

Wow, the water adds to the scare factor. Good for you for facing a fear.

How are they keeping the tunnel from flooding? It seems extremely wet and muddy.

How come you don't see people testing out the echo? Is there a sign posted... no Echo testing?

It's funny how I never think of all that real estate over me when I go caving.

How about the hypogeum on the Isle of Malta?

A lot of Irish rail workers died making the tunnel.

I see this is already on Google maps, but no info on length, and no photos or reviews yet.

Why do they have a fence all the way down the side ? What about wildlife trying to get around ?

It is also haunted I hear

Thank you for posting a very informative video that showcases a destination in Virginia that many intend to visit. The Tunnel’s tangent appears to be completely straight rather than be curved at all. That said, are you able to see at least a glint of light emanating from both (east and west) Tunnel entrances at all times while walking inside the Tunnel? Did passing cyclists pose any danger to those on-foot from being unintentionally struck by a handlebar? Did you notice anyone assigned to monitor at least one of the Trailheads to ensure proper behavior? I noticed historical signage on the approach to the Tunnel. Do you feel that a visitor would have a comprehensive historical understanding of the Tunnel if they had read the combined information posted only during a visit rather than read all information available before visiting?

I want to go hiking with you.

Can I bring my dog?

Too dark baby lol

Can you walk and show us the trail at the same time? We clicked on here to see the TRAIL!!