I got the west end of The Wilderness Loop down to 5 days around at generally 18 miles per day, taking into account some fixed amenities with the help of an unofficial bypass. But I'm 4.3 miles and 2 hypothetical campsites shy of being able to do it for the east side. The only way we're going to be able to shave off that much mileage is if we get a new camp host in the ballpark of Sycamore Valley of Monroe County. And it's location would have to be just right. Then I'd have to go through the off-road in person and try to find more suitable tent sites in the Marietta Unit of The Wayne. I'd have to try and shave about 0.48 miles on one of the days that I projected. In the short run, The Wilderness Loop, under these parameters, could make it, but it's a long shot.
The Wilderness Loop - Buckeye Trail is in SE Ohio and it's 147 miles around. It consists of the Road Fork and Whipple Sections entirely, then parts of the Belle Valley and Stockport Sections. The North Country Trail is concurrent for 117 of those miles. The entire thing is blue blazed (inverse paint on the BT is white). This loop is in the area of Marietta, New Matamoras and Beverly of Washington County, Belle Valley and Caldwell of Noble County, and Stafford and Graysville of Monroe County.
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