Hiking Reports
A list of day hikes and associated trip reports, trail descriptions, and pictures
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- Art Loeb, from Davidson River Campground to North Slope Trail
- Ashmore Heritage Trail. See also Wattacoo Lake Trail.
- 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
- Carvers Gap to Grassy Ridge Bald
- Carlton Falls in Panthertown -- See my page on the Loop hike to Greenland Creek Falls which also goes to Halfway Falls, as well as Carlton Falls
- Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
- Cold Mountain (Shining Rock Wilderness), from Black Balsam/Shining Rock
- Cold Mountain/High Bethel (Panthertown)
- Confusion Falls
- Coontree Trail
- Craggy Gardens to Walker Knob Overlook, via MTS Trail
- 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
- 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
- Flattop Mountain. This is a 9.1 loop trail that goes all around Flattop Mountain, going along Devil's Creek trail, Lost Cove trail, and two FS roads.
- 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.
- Grassy Ridge Bald, from Carvers Gap
- Green Knob Trail via Sunburst Campground
- Greenland Creek Falls in Panthertown
- Groundhog to Rube Rock Trail loop hike off the AT
- Henson Creek Trail (Linville Gorge)
- High Bethel on Cold Mountain (Panthertown)
- High Falls on South Mills River
- Hospital Rock Trail to Falls Creek Falls
- Hump Mountain and Little Hump from Roaring Creek Trailhead
- Waterfall on Kuykendall Creek
- Laurel Fork Falls along the Foothills Trail
- 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
- Lost Cove
- Exploratory/bushwhack hike that headed east from Lost Cove. I've noticed an old roadbed that heads east from this abandoned community on my various trips there, and I was curious if it went over the mountain to the small community of Poplar, NC.
- Moonshine Falls
- Mount Hardy, via Mountains to Sea trail
- Mountains To Sea Trail, from Craggy Gardens to Walker Knob Overlook
- Naturaland Trust Trail -- from the end of Dismal Trail to Raven Cliff Falls Suspension Bridge
- Naturaland Trust Trail to Burgess Road. This hike is half trail hiking, half bushwhack, taking you from close to Raven Cliff's Suspension Bridge, up and over the ridge, out to Raven Cliff (the ridgeline, not the waterfall) and then down to Burgess Road in Greenville Co, SC
- Overmountain Victory Trail -- Hampton Creek Cove to the Appalachian Trail
- Palmetto Trail from Table Rock State Park to US178 (Also know as Blue Ridge Electric Co-op Passage)
- Panthertown. I currently have two hikes in this vast area posted: A loop hike to Greenland Creek Falls, Halfway Falls, and Carlton Falls and the hike to High Bethel on Cold Mountain, which follows Devil's Elbow trail to Shelton Mountain, and returns via Little Green Creek Trail.
- 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
- Raven Cliff Falls
- Raven Cliff Falls (Naturaland Trust Trail) to Burgess Road. This hike is half trail hiking, half bushwhack, taking you from close to Raven Cliff's Suspension Bridge, up and over the ridge, out to Raven Cliff (the ridgeline, not the waterfall) and then down to Burgess Road in Greenville Co, SC
- Raven Rock Falls
- Rock Jock Trail (Linville Gorge)
- Bushwhack to a waterfall off an unnamed tributary of Rocky Bottom Creek
- Rough Creek Watershed (Haywood County)
- Rube Rock to Groundhog loop hike off the AT
- Sassafras Mountain area: Bushwhack to a waterfall off an unnamed tributary of Rocky Bottom Creek. This includes a link to photos from an area just down from Sassafras Mountain. The waterfall's tributary begins just down from Sassafras Mountain.
- 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.
- Side Pocket Falls on the Horsepasture River.
- 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
- Twin Falls in Pickens County, SC.
- Wanderings - A different sort of trip report!!
- 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.
- Yellow Gap (AT) to Little Hump and Hump Mountain
- Yellow Gap (AT) via Overmountain Victory Trail -- Hampton Creek Cove to the Appalachian Trail