Recreation
The property has been used for recreation for many years. The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club constructed the Sexton Cabin within the present wilderness boundaries in 1938 Destroyed by fire in 1967, it was rebuilt. Shortly after Ramsey's Draft Wilderness was enacted as law, the Forest Service, interpreting the Wilderness Act to preclude any structures in federal wilderness areas, had the cabin removed. (PATC disputed that decision, and in later years it was determined that existing structures in wilderness areas could stay.) All that remains today is the chimney of Sexton Cabin, along the present-day Jerry's Run Trail. Logs from the Sexton Cabin were later used to construct the PATC's Mutton Top Cabin.
The major trail through the center of the wilderness is the Ramsey’s Draft Trail. Rebuilt after the 1985 flood, this trail follows the streambed and the old road (where possible), and has been described as “one of the most popular on Virginia roadless lands” in one guidebook.
Other trails in and around Ramsey’s Draft Wilderness include:
- Jerry's Run Trail
- Shenandoah Mountain Trail
- Road Hollow Trail
- Bridge Hollow Trail
- Bald Ridge Trail
- Wild Oak Trail
- Sinclair Hollow Trail
- Hiner Spring Trail
The Shenandoah Mountain Trail is a segment of the Great Eastern Trail project.
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—Archbishop Luigi Barito (b. 1922)
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