Tommy White
Explorer, local trail guide and full-time photographer and Photography Instructor in Boone, N.C.
Beacon Heights Overlook
Newland, North Carolina
5.0
0.71 mi
/ 105 ft gain
Beacon Heights is the perfect hike when you're on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Linville and Grandfather Mountain, Milepost 305.2. The trail is a steady climb uphill for less than a half mile. The last section being fairly steep and rocky. Once at the top, there are several rock outcroppings, but veer left to enjoy the perfect sunrise. You will know you're in the right spot when you see a lone...
Explore Boone Fork Creek
Banner Elk, North Carolina
0.25 mi
/ 75 ft gain
Boone Fork Bridge and creek is situated at the base of Grandfather Mountain, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 299.9. Elevation 3905'.The trailhead is at the left side of Boone Fork Creek parking area and the trail is a gentle meander through Rhododendrons and a hardwood forest.As you head towards the creek, the Boone Fork trail will merge with the Tanawha Trail. Veer left at this trail jun...
Jane Bald via Appalachian Trail
Roan Mountain, Tennessee
4.8
2.64 mi
/ 581 ft gain
This journey begins at Carvers Gap, on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. At a beginning elevation of 5512 ft. you will cross the road from the parking area to the trailhead, on the Appalachian Trail, northbound. The trail climbs gently through grasslands and rhododendron before entering a pine forest.
After a short wooded hike, you will break out into the grassy, open expanse know...
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