|
Milepost |
Milepost numbers increase as you go South on the Parkway. |
Miles*
|
Difficulty |
|
217.5 |
Cumberland Knob Trail (ideal lazy-day
walk)
|
0.5 |
Easy |
|
217.5 |
Gully Creek Trail (rewarding loop that meanders by stream) |
2 |
Strenuous |
|
218.6 |
Fox Hunters Paradise Trail (view) |
0.2 |
Easy |
|
230.1 |
Little Glade Millpons (easy loop stroll around pond) |
0.4 |
Easy |
|
238.5 |
Cedar Ridge Trail (great for day hike; vistas and forests) |
4.2 |
Moderate |
|
238.5 |
Bluff Mountain Trail (parallels Parkway to Milepost 244.7) |
7.5 |
Moderate |
|
241 |
Fodder Stack Trail great variety of plants) |
1 |
Moderate |
|
241 |
Bluff Ridge Trail (primitive trail with steep slopes) |
2.89 |
Strenous |
|
243.7 |
Grassy Gap Fire Road (wide enough for side-by-side hiking) |
6.5 |
Moderate |
|
243.7 |
Basin Creek Trail (access from back-country campground) |
3.3 |
Moderate |
|
244.7 |
Flat Rock Ridge Trail (forest path with vistas) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
260.3 |
Jumpingoff Rocks Trail (forest path to vista) |
1 |
Easy |
|
264.4 |
The Lump Trail (to hilltop view) |
0.3 |
Easy |
|
271.9 |
Cascades Trail (self-guiding loop to view of falls) |
0.5 |
Moderate |
|
272.5 |
Tompkins Knob Trail (to Jesse Brown Cabin) |
0.6 |
Easy |
|
294 |
Rich Mountain Carriage, Horse, & Hiking Trail |
3 |
Moderate |
|
294 |
Flat Top Mountain Carriage, Horse & Hiking Trail |
3 |
Moderate |
|
294 |
Watkins Carriage, Horse & Hiking Trail |
3.3 |
Easy/Moderate |
|
294 |
Black Bottom Carriage, Horse, & Hiking Trail |
0.5 |
Easy |
|
294 |
Bass Lake Carriage, Horse & Hiking Trail |
1.7 |
Easy |
|
294 |
Deer Park Carriage, Horse, & Hiking Trail |
0.8 |
Moderate |
|
294 |
Maze Carriage Horse & Hiking Trail |
2.3 |
Moderate |
|
294 |
Duncan Carriage, Horse, & Hiking Trail |
2.5 |
Moderate |
|
294 |
Rock Creek Bridge Carriage, Horse, & Hiking Trail |
1 |
Easy |
|
294.1 |
Figure 8 Trail (short, self-guiding loop nature trail) |
0.7 |
Easy |
|
294.6 |
Trout Lake Hiking & Horse Trail (loop) |
1 |
Easy |
|
295.9 |
Green Knob Trail (to Green Knob) |
2.3 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
296.5 |
Boone Fork Trail (stream, forest, and meadows) |
4.9 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
297 |
Price Lake Loop Trail (loop around Price Lake) |
2.3 |
Moderate |
|
304.4 |
Linn Cove Viaduct Access Trail |
0.16 |
Easy |
|
305.2 |
Beacon Heights Trail (10 minutes to view) |
0.22 |
Moderate |
|
305.5 |
Tanawha Trail (diverse biological and geological features) |
13.5 |
Easy/Moderate |
|
308.2 |
Flat Rock Trail (self-guidling loop) |
0.63 |
Easy |
|
315.5 |
Camp Creek Trail (leg stretcher throught laurel and rhododendron) |
0.1 |
Easy |
|
316.4 |
Linville Falls Trail (view of upper Falls) |
0.8 |
Moderate |
|
316.4 |
Linville Gorge Trail (view of lower Falls) |
0.5 |
Strenuous |
|
316.4 |
Duggers Creek Trail (loop to view of Duggers Falls) |
0.25 |
Easy |
|
316.5 |
Linville River Bridge Trail (leg stretcher to view of unusual bridge) |
0.1 |
Easy |
|
320.8 |
Chestoa View Trail (30-minute loop to vista) |
0.63 |
Easy |
|
339.5 |
Crabtree Falls Loop Trail (loop to view of Falls) |
2 |
Strenuous |
|
344.1 |
Woods Mountain Trail (USFS) |
2 |
Moderate |
|
350.4 |
Lost Cove Ridge Trail (USFS) |
0.6 |
Moderate |
|
351.9 |
Deep Gap Trail (USFS) |
0.2 |
Easy |
|
355 |
Bald Knob Ridge Trail (USFS) |
0.1 |
Easy |
|
359.8 |
Big Butt Trail (USFS) (trail continues on USFS lands) |
0.2 |
Strenuous |
|
361.2 |
Glassmine Falls (view of Falls) |
0.05 |
Moderate |
|
364.2 |
Craggy Pinnacle Trail (to panoramic view) |
0.73 |
Moderate |
|
364.2 |
Craggy Gardens Trail (first portion is self-guiding nature trail) |
0.84 |
Moderate |
|
374.4 |
Rattlesnake Lodge Trail (woodland walk) |
0.5 |
Moderate |
|
382 |
Mountain-to-Sea Trail/MTS Trail (from Folk Art Center to Milepost 365;
spring wildflowers and views; parallels parkway; many accesses) |
7.5 |
Moderate |
|
393.7 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Bent Creek-Walnut Cove) |
3.1 |
Strenuous |
|
396.4 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Walnut Cove-Sleepy Gap) |
1.7 |
Moderate |
|
397.3 |
Grassy Knob Trail (steep trail to USFS area) |
0.9 |
Strenuous |
|
397.3 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Sleepy Gap-Chestnut Cove) |
0.7 |
Moderate |
|
398.3 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Chestnut Cove-Bent Creek Gap) |
2.8 |
Strenuous |
|
400.3 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Bent Creek Gap-Beaver Dam Gap) |
1.9 |
Moderate |
|
401.7 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Beaver Dam Gap-Stoney Bald) |
0.9 |
Moderate |
|
402.6 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Stoney Bald-Big Ridge) |
1.2 |
Strenuous |
|
403.6 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Big Ridge-Mills River Valley) |
1.2 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
404.5 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Mills River Valley-Elk Pasture Gap) |
1.2 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
405.5 |
Shut-In Trail/MTS Trail (Elk Pasture Gap-Mt. Pisgah) |
1.7 |
Strenuous |
|
407.6 |
Mt. Pisgah Trail (summit view) |
1.26 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
407.6 |
Buck Springs Trail (Pisgah Lodge to view) |
1.06 |
Easy/Moderate |
|
408.5 |
Frying Pan Mountain Trail |
1.65 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
417 |
East Fork Trail (USFS, access to Shining Rock Trail System) |
0.1 |
Easy/Moderate |
|
418.8 |
Graveyard Fields Loop Trail (loop by a stream) |
2.29 |
Moderate |
|
419.4 |
John Rock Trail (leg stretcher to view) |
0.1 |
Easy |
|
422.4 |
Devil's Courthouse Trail (panoramic summit view) |
0.42 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
|
427.6 |
Bear Pen Gap Trail (access to Mountains-to-Sea Trail) |
0.22 |
Easy |
|
431 |
Richland Balsam Trail (self-guiding loop through spruce-fir forest) |
1.47 |
Moderate |
|
433.8 |
Toy Taylor Overlook Trail (paved trail to overlook) |
0.1 |
Easy |
|
451.2 |
Waterrock Knob Trail (summit view) |
1.18 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
