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Elk Knob State Park is a 4,423-acre (17.90 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Watauga County, North Carolina, in the United States. Opened in 2003, it is one of North Carolina's newest state parks. Elk Knob State Park was established to preserve the natural state of Elk Knob, the third highest peak in Watauga County. [3]
The Northern Peaks State Trail is a unit of the North Carolina state park system in Ashe and Watauga Counties, North Carolina in the United States.The State Trail is planned as a hiking trail connecting Downtown Boone, Howard Knob County Park, Elk Knob State Park, Three Top Mountain Gameland, Downtown West Jefferson and Mount Jefferson State Natural Area. [2]
Elk Knob is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, north of the community of Meat Camp. Its elevation reaches 5,538 feet (1,688 m). The mountain is the headwaters of the North Fork New River and feeder creeks to the South Fork New River (via Meat Camp Creek [3]). The mountain is home to Elk Knob State Park.
The first North Carolina State Park, it protects the summit of Mount Mitchell the highest point in the eastern United States. [1] New River State Park: Mountains Alleghany, Ashe [2] 3,323 acres (13.45 km 2) [5] 1975 [2] Open This park preserves the landscape along the New River, which is Wild and Scenic River and a State River. Pettigrew State Park
Waterrock Knob [1] is a mountain peak in the U.S. state of North Carolina. [2] It is the highest peak in the Plott Balsams and is the 16th-highest mountain in the Eastern United States. [3] The mountain is a popular destination with tourists and amateur hikers, as it is easily accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway. A visitors' center is ...
Grandfather Mountain [1] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina.At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains.
Due to the nature of the terrain, hiking in the Linville Gorge can be a strenuous and challenging activity. Maps of the trail system are available through United States Forest Service offices and information facilities in the area, but it's important to remember that due to the Wilderness area designation, trails in the gorge are not the improved, well-marked, cleared and graded paths that ...
The trail network consists of a 330-mile (530 km) corridor, including a 70-mile (110 km) branch from Elkin, North Carolina, that joins the main route at Morganton, North Carolina. In Rutherford County, North Carolina , the trail follows the approximate location of Rock Road through the Gilbert Town Historic District .