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Best easy day hikes, Blue Ridge Parkway / Randy Johnson.

Johnson, Randy, 1951- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0762710691
ISBN: 9780762710690
Physical Description: xii, 99 pages : illustrations (maps) ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Zero Impact xii -- North-Central Blue Ridge: Mileposts 0.0 (I-64 at Shenandoah NP) to 121.4 (U.S. 220 at Roanoke, Virginia) 1 -- 1. Mountain Farm Trail (Milepost 5.8) 3 -- 2. Greenstone Self-Guiding Trail (Milepost 8.8) 5 -- 3. Crabtree Falls (Milepost 27.2) 7 -- 4. Yankee Horse Overlook Trail (Milepost 34.4) 10 -- 5. Otter Creek Trail (Mileposts 60.8-63.6) 12 -- 6. Otter Lake Loop Trail (Milepost 63.1) 16 -- 7. James River Trail (Milepost 63.6) 18 -- 8. Abbott Lake Trail (Milepost 85.6) 20 -- 9. Johnson Farm, Harkening Hill, and Elk Run Loop Trails (Milepost 85.9) 23 -- Blue Ridge Plateau: Mileposts 121.4 (U.S. 220 at Roanoke, Virginia) to 276.4 (U.S. 421 at Deep Gap, North Carolina) 27 -- 10. Rock Castle Gorge Day Hike (Milepost 165.3) 29 -- 11. Rocky Knob Day Hike (Milepost 168.0) 32 -- 12. Mountain Industry Trail at Mabry Hill (Milepost 176.2) 34 -- 13. Cumberland Knob Trail and High Piney Spur (Mileposts 217.5-218.6) 38 -- 14. Wildcat Rocks and Fodder Stack (Milepost 241.1) 41 -- 15. Cascades Trail (Milepost 271.9) 44 -- 16. Tompkins Knob Trail (Milepost 272.5) 46 -- High Country: Mileposts 276.4 (U.S. 421 at Deep Gap) to 384.7 (U.S. 74 at Asheville) 48 -- 17. Figure Eight Trail (Milepost 294.0) 50 -- 18. Bass Lake Loop Hike (Milepost 294.6) 52 -- 19. Trout Lake Loop and Rich Mountain Carriage Road (Milepost 294.6) 55 -- 20. Price Lake Trail (Milepost 297.2) 58 -- 21. Tanawha Trail Hikes near Holloway Mountain Road (Milepost 298.6) 61 -- 22. Tanawha Trail to Rough Ridge (Milepost 302.8) 65 -- 23. Linn Cove Viaduct (Milepost 304.4) 68 -- 24. Beacon Heights Trail (Milepost 305.2) 69 -- 25. Flat Rock Self-Guiding Loop Trail (Milepost 308.3) 71 -- 26. Dugger's Creek Loop, Linville Gorge Trail, and Plunge Basin Overlook Trail (Milepost 316.4) 74 -- 27. Linville Falls Trail (Milepost 316.4) 77 -- 28. Balsam Nature Trail (Milepost 355.3) 79 -- 29. Craggy Pinnacle Trail (Milepost 364.1) 82 -- 30. Craggy Gardens Trail (Milepost 364.5) 84 -- Southern Appalachians: Mileposts 384.7 (U.S. 74 at Asheville) to 469.1 (U.S. 441 at Great Smoky Mountains NP) 86 -- 31. Buck Spring Trail (Mileposts 407.7-411.8) 89 -- 32. Graveyard Fields Loop Trail and Black Balsam Knob (Milepost 418.8) 92 -- 33. Richland Balsam Self-Guiding Trail (Milepost 431.0) 96 -- 34. Waterrock Knob Trail (Milepost 451.2) 98.