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Catawba Falls. Catawba Falls River Trail is a 2.3-mile “out and back” hike just east of Asheville in Old Fort and about 3 miles from the Interstate 40 exit. The trail follows the river to the ...
Recently named on a list of best hikes in the nation, Bridal Veil Falls loop in DuPont State Forest has an elevation gain of only 109 feet and, of course, views of the stunning, 120-foot cascade ...
The Blue Ridge Parkway runs along the crest for most of the way between Asheville and Mount Mitchell. Craggy Gardens, an area of 16 km, is covered with purple Catawba rhododendrons in mid-June. The Craggy Pinnacle Overlook trail is a moderate .73 mile hike to a stone wall overlook with 360 degree views.
More: 5 best hikes near Asheville in Western NC: Waterfalls, swimming, high elevation Sliding Rock A WNC classic, Sliding Rock , located on U.S. 276 in Pisgah National Forest, is famous for living ...
Beaucatcher Mountain is located in a portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range known as the Great Craggy Mountains, in Asheville, North Carolina.Its name was said to have been coined in the mid-1800s [2] by James W. Patton, who once teased his sister-in-law, Charlotte Kerry, after watching her stroll the mountainside with her "beau".
The Art Loeb Trail is a 30.1-mile (48.4 km) hiking trail located in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina.The northern terminus is at the Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp in Haywood County, while the trail's southern terminus is located near the Davidson River Campground, near Brevard, in Transylvania County.
The hike should take approximately 3 to 4 hours to complete so make sure to be well prepared and have some good hiking shoes. The view of surrounding communities and mountain ranges is at the top.
Jennifer Pharr Davis is a long distance hiker from the United States of America who serves on the President's Council for Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. She has been called "the Serena Williams of long distance hiking" by Baratunde Thurston (PBS America Outdoors) and is also an author, speaker, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and Ambassador for the American Hiking Society. [1]