by admin | May 18, 2015 | Easy/Moderate Hiking Trails, Hiking By Activity, Hiking By Difficulty, Hiking By Distance, Hiking National Parks, Hiking Trail Guides by State, Hiking Trails - Under 1.0 Mile, Hiking Trails Blue Ridge Parkway NC, North Carolina Mountain Hiking Trails, North Carolina Overlook Mountain Trails, Overlook Hiking Trails
Trail head: Milepost 320 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance: 0.6 miles
Duration: 46 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
Overview:
On the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 320 you will see a sign for Chestoa View Parking. Get out park your car, and you will see the trail head in front of you. Follow the paved path for a few minutes until you reach the concrete steps downwards until your reach the overlook with mountain views. After seeing the view and walking back up the steps, the trail continues to the left and makes a loop through the forest and back to the parking lot.
Tips:
- Water bottle
- Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
- Would recommend this hike to families with small kids
Chestoa View Trail Map
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by admin | May 18, 2015 | Hiking By Activity, Hiking By Difficulty, Hiking By Distance, Hiking National Parks, Hiking Trails - Under 1.0 Mile, Hiking Trails Blue Ridge Parkway NC, Moderate Hiking Trails, North Carolina Overlook Mountain Trails, North Carolina Visitor Center Trails, North Carolina Waterfall Trails, Overlook Hiking Trails, Visitor Center Hiking Trails, Waterfall Hiking Trails
Trail head: Milepost 271.9 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance: 0.9 miles
Duration: 55 minutes
Skill Level: Moderate Hiking Trail
Overview:
Trail head starts off at the E.B.Jeffress Park overlook at milepost 271.9 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Past the bathrooms and down the trail the path takes you until you reach a series of steps, the a bridge that crosses Falls Creek which is part of the water for the Cascades waterfall. As you continue down the trail to see and step down many sets of stairs until you come to a stone staircase which leads you to more stairs downwards until you reach the cascades falls. The water fall runs from right to left and is many stories tall. Once you take your photos and head back up a few flights of stairs you then head towards the right and loop around towards the parking lot. there are many picnic benches here for lunch or a snack before or after your hike.
Tips:
- Water bottle
- Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
- Would recommend this hike to families with small kids
Cascades Trail Map
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Directions To The Cascades Waterfall
by admin | May 18, 2015 | Easy Hiking Trails, Hiking By Activity, Hiking By Difficulty, Hiking By Distance, Hiking National Parks, Hiking Trail Guides by State, Hiking Trails - Under 1.0 Mile, Hiking Trails Blue Ridge Parkway NC, North Carolina Mountain Hiking Trails, North Carolina Overlook Mountain Trails, North Carolina Visitor Center Trails, Overlook Hiking Trails, Visitor Center Hiking Trails
Trail head: Milepost 273 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance: 0.7 miles
Duration: 20 minutes
Skill Level: Easy / Moderate Hiking Trail
Overview:
Tomkins Knob Hiking Trail is a good extra hike to add onto the Cascades Falls Trail at EB Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This adds another .7 miles to the .9 mile waterfall loop. This was a good leg stretcher, very flat through the woods until you get to the beginning of the cascades trail. On the the trail you will enter a field where there is a very old mountain cabin that you can walk through and see how people lived in the mountains long ago.
Tips:
- Water bottle
- Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
- Would recommend this hike to families with small kids
Tomkins Knob Trail Map
by admin | May 17, 2015 | Easy Hiking Trails, Hiking 101, Hiking By Activity, Hiking By Difficulty, Hiking By Distance, Hiking Trails - Under 1.0 Mile, Local Park Hiking Trails, North Carolina Local Park Trails, North Carolina Mountain Road Bike Greenway Trails, Road Bike Greenway Trails
Trail head: Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Distance: 0.6 miles
Duration: 18 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
Overview:
Park in the town parking lot and continue around the lake sidewalks.
Tips:
- Water bottle
- Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
- Would recommend this hike to families with small kids
Broyhill Local Park Trail Map
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by admin | May 11, 2015 | Easy Hiking Trails, Hiking By Activity, Hiking By Difficulty, Hiking By Distance, Hiking National Parks, Hiking Trails - Under 1.0 Mile, Hiking Trails Blue Ridge Parkway NC, North Carolina Overlook Mountain Trails, Overlook Hiking Trails
Trail head: Milepost 299 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance: 0.4 miles
Duration: 17 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
Overview:
Cold Prong Trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway is a small loop for beginner hikers. Almost all of the hike is flat. You start at the overlook parking lot, and head right on the path. The trail is wide and you follow it until you come to a wide open area with a small foot bridge. After rains this area must fill up a bit, so there is a bridge. the trail loops around and before you know it you’re back at the parking lot. I would call this one an easy leg stretcher after driving on the parkway for a few hours.
Tips:
- Water bottle
- Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
- Would recommend this hike to families with small kids
Cold Prong Trail Map
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by admin | May 11, 2015 | Easy Hiking Trails, Hiking By Activity, Hiking By Difficulty, Hiking By Distance, Hiking National Parks, Hiking Trail Guides by State, Hiking Trails - Under 1.0 Mile, Hiking Trails Blue Ridge Parkway NC, North Carolina Mountain Hiking Trails, North Carolina Overlook Mountain Trails, Overlook Hiking Trails
Trail head: Norville Crags, North Carolina
Distance: 0.2 miles
Duration: 12 minutes
Skill Level: Easy
Overview:
Fox Hunter’s Paradise is an overlook located off the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 218.6. This overlook is very wide and gives a great view from the parking lot of the surrounding mountains. Great spot for pictures and video. From the overlook sign take the road to the right and drive or walk about 50 yards where there is another small parking area. There is a sign that says pedestrian overlook 250 feet. A simple flat walk on a straight hiking trail make this an easy .2 mile hike to an overlook with spectacular mountain views.
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