Quarter Way Inn
A seasonal Appalachian Trail hiker hostel in beautiful Southwest Virginia
Home of the Bead by Bead on the Appalachian Trail Necklace
Open April 1st - June 30th
Closed for Trail Days, May 18th - 21st, 2023
Breakfast
We take breakfast very seriously around here. The menu changes daily, and special care is taken to ensure guests who stay overnight multiple nights have different deliciousness each morning. Breakfast is served buffet style at 7am. We do our best to accommodate allergies and chosen diets, but please let us know ahead of time if you have specific needs. Breakfast is $15 and you must be signed up by 7pm the night prior. Feel free to call ahead if you'll be arriving late. Per Virginia law, breakfast is served to overnight guests only.
Hiker favorites include: Baked Blackberry French Toast, Biscuits and Gravy, Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling, Pimento Cheese Grits, Banana Walnut Muffins with Cinnamon Glaze, Southwest Frittata, Chocolate Cherry Scones, Breakfast Burritos, Quiche Lorraine, Sweet Potato Hash, Parmesan Grits, Double Chocolate Muffins, Rice Pudding (yes, for breakfast), and Baked Eggs with Fresh Herbs. Ok, that is a lot of favorites... but like we said, we take breakfast very seriously.
Lunch, Dinner, and Snack
The fridge is stocked with pop, Gatorade, chocolate milk and V-8; and the freezer is full of pizza, ice cream bars, and high-protein veggie meals. There is a hot water kettle, microwave, toaster oven, sink, fridge, and freezer in the hiker kitchen.
Resupply
We have an excellent resupply shop with everything you need to get you to your next stop. If you resupply here, rather than at a big box store in a nearby town, you won't have to carry all that food so far, and you'll also be supporting our small business. We have pah-lenty of snacks, oatmeal, pasta sides, mountain house, poptarts, and fuel. We also have cold pop, pizzas, high-protein veggie meals, and ice cream bars. Yes, ice cream! You won't find any Honey Buns or Clif Bars in the house... sorry, but I ate so many of those on my thru-hike that I can't stand the sight of them!
Meals
Knorr Sides
Mountain House
Oatmeal
Ramen
Potatoes
Tuna
Spam
Tortillas
Snacks
Trail Mix
Crackers
Candy Bars
Fruit Snacks
Lara Bars
Kind Bars
Granola Bars
You know, junk food
Hiker Essentials
Toilet Paper
Hand Sanitizer
Ibuprofen
Ziplocs
Fuel Canisters
White Gas
Denatured Alcohol
AA & AAA Batteries
EAT In
Pizza
Pop
V-8
Chocolate Milk
Gatorade
Ice Cream Bars
High-Protein Frozen Veggie Meals
Mail Drops
Overnight guests are welcome to send a resupply box to the Quarter Way Inn, just make sure your box (and you) arrive between April 1st and June 30th. Please address like this:
First Name "Trail Name" Last Name
c/o Quarter Way Inn
4083 Old Rich Valley Rd.
Ceres, VA 24318
Somewhere on the box you should also write your ETA and your cell phone number.
We can also ship packages out from here, so you can get rid of your extra stuff or bounce stuff ahead.