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Park at Milepost 339.5 near Spruce Pine on the Blue Ridge Parkway. More: Hiking trails, concert series, scenic train rides: Western NC summer options voted top 10 in US
The trailhead is located outside Crabtree Falls Campground at mile marker 339.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. A trail leads to a footbridge over the creek at the base of the falls. The trailhead loop starts at the parking area just before the entrance to the campground, and is a medium to strenuous hike at just under 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in length.
After passing through Balsam Grove, the road returns into Pisgah National Forest, climbing rapidly for another 7 miles (11 km) through the Pinhook Valley, peaking at the intersection with the Blue Ridge Parkway at 5,300 feet (1,600 m). This section of the road climbs 2,400 feet (730 m) in 7 miles (11 km).
Yellowstone Prong goes over 3 waterfalls in the valley: Upper Falls, Second Falls, and Yellowstone Falls. [1] Graveyard Fields is a very popular hiking destination, accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway. The valley's name may originate from a time when a great windstorm fell hundreds of spruce and fir trees on its slopes. These moss-covered ...
Two friends decide to challenge themselves to hike a 13-mile trail up Black Balsam on the Blue Ridge Parkway on Good Friday.
Douglas Falls are a 60-foot waterfall located in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is on a tributary of Waterfall Creek which flows into the Ivy River, and it is within the Big Ivy section of the Pisgah National Forest. The stream flows off the slope of Craggy Pinnacle, starting just below the Blue Ridge Parkway.