Walk to Rivendell

Tour by Ranger Jewel

140-144 Miles

We'll follow the path Strider chose: off the Great East Road and into the wilderness. We're heading up Bree Hill, cutting cross country toward the Bree-Land village of Archet. Strider took a circuitous route on purpose, hoping to throw off any pursuit.

"'Not a "short cut", I hope,' said Pippin. 'Our last short cut through woods nearly ended in disaster.'

'Ah, but you had not got me with you,' laughed Strider. 'My cuts, short or long, don't go wrong.

Acknowledgments: Quotations from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.  Maps by The Atlas of Middle Earth, Karen Wynn Fonstad, Houghton Mifflin, 2001, posted here with permission from the author.  This page is meant to supplement these books and not to replace them.  We recommend their use to fully enjoy your journey!