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looking for the closest to DC area multi day mountainous backpack route 50 +/- miles (loop ideal, shuttle ok) that is REMOTE-I don't want to see development from ridgelines or have multiple road crossings (maybe at intervals greater than 10 miles) or generally hear auto traffic in distance.  Don't want forest or logging road segments, either.  

Shenandoah?  Monongahela NF?  Or will I have to go as far as Great Smoky Mountains NP?

Ideas?  Thanks!!!
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Check out Susquehannock, Quehanna, Donut Hole, Chuck Keiper Trails in PA.  Very remote.  Each is long enough for what you want.  Susquehannock, Quehanna, Chuck Keiper are all loops.  Donut Hole is a linear trail.  Trails cross dirt forest roads occasionally, but paved road crossings are relatively rare and spaced further apart.  You will not likely see anyone else on the trail, these trails are never crowded from my experience.  Have fun.

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http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestr....dex.htm
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if you're willing to back off on some of your specifics you may be able to find something closer to DC, but otherwise that's a tough prescription to fill without driving 5+ hours.
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What jmitch said.

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