Washington County News

Frank Kilgore and his three dogs have been roaming Clinch Mountain for years. He’s completed nearly 120 miles of a worn trail along the ridge from Burke’s Garden to Gate City.
“This has been a thruway for game, natives, settlers, hikers for hundreds of thousands of years,” Kilgore said pointing on a map to a dotted line meandering along the Washington and Russell county border. “When I walked on it, it was difficult to keep finding a trail. I wanted a well-marked trail.”