The Devil's Marble Yard is an interest out and back hike about 5.5 hours from Jacksonville. The marble yard is one of the most interesting and unique hikes in Virginia, and can easily be done in a few hours. The hike to the base of the marble yard is pretty easy, but once there you get to explore a bolder field that runs strait up the mountain. Most of the bolders are the size of a truck. I see sites recommending leaving about 3 hours to explore the yard and have lunch at the top. You can then hike back the same trail to the campsite. So it would be an easy weekend trip.
I hiked it when I was about 11, and it really was one the most memorable things I have seen. One website described the hike: "It is one of the most talked-about natural wonders of Western Virginia if not one of the most-visited."
Here are some good links to check out:
http://www.roanoke.com/outdoors/hiking/42909.html
http://www.hikingupward.com/JNF/DevilsMarbleyard/
https://tgaw.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/devils-marbleyard/
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