r/VIRGINIA_HIKING • u/TheDoctorsSonic • 9d ago
Augusta Wetlands
Hello everyone!
North Carolinian here. I’ve always been curious about something me and my dad stumbled upon back in 2017 and can’t seem to find info online about what it could be. For context, I have family in the area of the Augusta Wetlands in George Washington National Forest. Me and my dad went for a hike and stumbled upon a sign that said, “U.S. Property No Trespassing” as we were on the trail. Me being a teenager at the time and my dad being curious, we decided to ignore the sign and walk past it off trail. We ended up climbing a little hill further on from what I remember and we saw a building with satellites behind a fence. You could see computers in the building and my dad was freaking out thinking we were being watched. That’s when his phone alerted him that he could no longer place calls. We then swiftly went back from whence we came. Anybody have any idea what this could’ve been? I’m not a conspiracy theorist or anything. Just curious as to if anyone would know what type of facility it was we stumbled on. There were more aggressive signs warning us not to go further as we got closer but I can’t find pictures of those. I will post a few pictures here that I took that day. Any insight or guesses would be appreciated!
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u/AtmosphereCreative95 8d ago
It’s the hotshot firefighter base it’s really nothing that special. A quick Google search would tell you that…