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Black Mountain Crest Trail — Clingmans Dome Road Viewpoint and Southern Appalachian High Country
The Black Mountains hold six of the ten highest peaks east of the Mississippi — this ridge is…
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Overlanding Trails in North Carolina
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Lake Powhatan Recreation Area Campground — Pisgah National Forest
A solid Pisgah basecamp tucked into hardwood forest beside a 7-acre lake, minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway…
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Pisgah National Forest — Big Creek Road Upper Corridor Dispersed Camp
Tucked into the upper Big Creek drainage on the eastern edge of Pisgah, this corridor offers classic Southern…
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ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via Pisgah National Forest and Black Mountains
Appalachian hardwood doubletrack at its finest.
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Cherohala Skyway — Haw Knob Summit and Unicoi Crest Viewpoint
One of the highest paved ridgelines in the East, the Cherohala Skyway tops out near Haw Knob with…
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Rattlesnake Rock Campground — Nantahala National Forest
Small, no-frills USFS campground tucked into the Nantahala gorge country near Robbinsville — last reliable camp before the…
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Cherokee National Forest — Unicoi Mountains Dispersed Camp
Quiet forest dispersed camping along Forest Service roads in the Unicoi Mountains, sitting between Tellico Plains and the…
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DifficultTrans-America Trail — Tellico Plains to Robbinsville via the Cherohala Skyway Backdoor and Unicoi Mountains
Appalachian ridge dirt that earns every mile.
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Max Patch Bald — Appalachian Trail Open Summit Viewpoint
A grassy, treeless bald on the Pisgah National Forest crest offering 360-degree views of the Black Mountains, Great…
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Davidson River Campground — Pisgah National Forest
One of the most popular developed camps in Pisgah, sitting right on the Davidson River with easy access…