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Hiking Reports

A list of day hikes and associated trip reports, trail descriptions, and pictures

Those hikes taken since I've gotten a GPS
include the GPS track for download

A

• Art Loeb, from Davidson River Campground to North Slope Trail
• Ashmore Heritage Trail. See also Wattacoo Lake Trail.

B

• Bee Cove, Waterfalls on (in Oconee County, SC)
• Big Hump and Little Hump from Roaring Creek Trailhead
• Bill Kimball Trail
• Bracken Mountain Preserve (5 mile loop within the Preserve)
• Bracken Mountain Preserve to John's Rock and the Fish Hatchery
       (9 mile Shuttle Hike)
• Bradley Creek to Laurel Creek
• Bradley Creek to Yellow Gap
• Brasstown Falls and Little Brasstown Falls
• Buck Spring Trail

C

• Carvers Gap to Grassy Ridge Bald
• Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
• Cold Mountain, from Black Balsam/Shining Rock
• Coontree Trail

D

• Devil's Creek Trail, including connection with Lost Cove Trail
• Dismal Trail -- from the Raven Cliff Falls Trail, down to Naturaland Trust Trail, and up to the suspension bridge over Raven Cliff Falls

F

• Falls Creek Falls in Jones Gap State Park -- See my trip report on the hike to Hospital Rock.
• Farlow Gap -- See my trip report on the hike to the Waterfall on the Right Fork, which covers the trip to Farlow Gap, as well as Shuck Ridge Falls, Tom's Spring Branch Falls, and Pilot Mountain.
• Fire Tower, near Pisgah Inn along the Blue Ridge Parkway
• Fork Mountain by way of Boy Scout Camp --- I have two loop hikes posted: One, an 8.4 mile loop that goes 3 miles up Little East Fork Trail, and then loops back via old logging roads, and a longer loop that takes you up to Fork Mountain Trail and Ivestor Gap.

G

• Grassy Ridge Bald, from Carvers Gap
• Green Knob Trail via Sunburst Campground
• Groundhog to Rube Rock Trail loop hike off the AT

H

• Henson Creek Trail (Linville Gorge)
• High Falls on South Mills River
• Hospital Rock Trail to Falls Creek Falls
• Hump Mountain and Little Hump from Roaring Creek Trailhead

L

• Linville Gorge area -- Henson Creek Trail and Rock Jock Trail
• Little Brasstown Falls and Brasstown Falls
• Little East Fork Trail -- Black Balsam to Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp. See also this 8.4 mile loop trail that starts at the Boy Scout Camp and follows Little East Fork Trail for 3 miles, then loops back via logging roads along the northeast facing side of Fork Mountain.
• Little Hump and Big Hump from Roaring Creek Trailhead

M

• Mount Hardy, via Mountains to Sea trail

N

• Naturaland Trust Trail -- from the end of Dismal Trail to Raven Cliff Falls Suspension Bridge

O

• Overmountain Victory Trail -- Hampton Creek Cove to the Appalachian Trail

P

• Palmetto Trail from Table Rock State Park to US178 (Also know as Blue Ridge Electric Co-op Passage)
• Pilot Mountain -- See my trip report on the hike to the Waterfall on the Right Fork, which included a trip to the top of Pilot Mountain, as well as Shuck Ridge Falls, Tom's Spring Branch Falls, and Farlow Gap.
• Pressley Cove

R

• Raven Cliff Falls
• Rock Jock Trail (Linville Gorge)
• Rough Creek Watershed (Haywood County)
• Rube Rock to Groundhog loop hike off the AT

S

• Shuck Ridge Falls -- See my trip report on the hike to the Waterfall on the Right Fork, which includes a trip to Shuck Ridge Falls, as well as Farlow Gap, Tom's Spring Branch Falls, and Pilot Mountain.

T

• Table Rock Hike
• Table Rock Hike, by way of Pinnacle Mountain Trail and Mill Creek Waterfall
• Thrift Cove Loop
• Toms Spring Branch Falls -- See my trip report on the hike to the Waterfall on the Right Fork, which covers the trip to Tom's Spring Branch Falls at the very first portion of the hike.
• Turkey Pen Trail, starting at Turkey Pen Trailhead, going to Black Mountain Trail and ending at the Pisgah District Ranger Station
• Twin Falls in Pisgah National Forest

W

• Wattacoo Lake in Ashmore Heritage Preserve.
• Waterfall on the Right Fork of the Davidson River -- Note, this trip report covers the trip to this waterfall, as well as Shuck Ridge Falls, Tom's Spring Branch Falls, Farlow Gap, and Pilot Mountain.

Y

• Yellow Gap (AT) to Little Hump and Hump Mountain
• Yellow Gap (AT) via Overmountain Victory Trail -- Hampton Creek Cove to the Appalachian Trail