The parking lot at Massie Gap is the starting point for many hikes. The nine trails of Grayson Highlands lead to such features as overlooks, waterfalls, mountain meadows, and log cabins. Life of early settlers and high-altitude flora and fauna are two themes. The trails are easy to moderate in difficulty. None is more than 2 miles in length.
Small shelters provide protection from sudden storms.
Lower trails such as Wilson Creek and Rock House Ridge are good alternatives when fog rolls in to obscure upper trails. These flowers remain because hikers have practiced restraint and left them for others to enjoy. More than 2 miles of orange-blazed horse trails wander through the park. An excellent base camp for equestrians on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail is available at Grayson, with a stable and adjacent campground on Haw Orchard Mountain. Mountain biking is allowed in the Wilson Creek drainage in the northeastern and eastern sections of the park.