Trails Along the Blue Ridge Parkway

Forest Service Rules for George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

• Appalachian Trail – Dripping Rock to Rockfish Gap – Mile Marker 9.5
  (14.5 miles, elevation gain: 2900 ft. – views and great shelter)
• Appalachian Trail – Reeds Gap to Dripping Rock
  (9 miles, elevation gain: 1050 ft. – views)
• Appalachian Trail – Hog Camp Gap to Punchbowl Mountain
  (17 miles, elevation gain: 2900 ft. – first day views, camping shelter)
• Appalachian Trail – Jennings Creek to the James River
  (28.6 miles, elevation gain: 8100 ft – multi-day backpacking trip with several nice views)
• Appalachian Trail – Black Horse Gap to Jennings Creek
  (14.6 miles, elevation gain: 1650 ft – overnight backpacking section with lots of great views)
• Beacon Heights  (North Carolina) – Mile Marker 305.2
  (.7 miles, elevation gain: 120 ft – two great views)
• Black Balsam and Tennent Mountain (North Carolina) –  near Mile Marker 420
  (6.6 miles, elevation gain: 1300 ft, spectacular views and balds)
• The Devil’s Marbleyard – Mile Marker 71
  (8.1 miles, elevation gain: 1510 ft. – huge boulder field, obstructed views)
• Dobie Mountain – Mile Marker 6
  (6.2 miles, elevation gain: 1500 ft. – views, plane wreckage, nice shelter)
• Flat Top – Mile Marker 83.5
  (5.4 miles, elevation gain: 1391 ft. – nice views)
• Hanging Rock – Mile Marker 13.7
  (7.25 miles, elevation gain: 1942 ft. – views, AT shelter)
• Humpback Rock – Mile Marker 6
  (2 miles, elevation gain: 720 ft. – nice views, overcrowded)
• Linn Cove Viaduct (North Carolina) – Mile Marker 304
  (1 mile, elevation gain: negligible – nice view of the bridge along the curved roadway)
• Little Butt (North Carolina) – Mile Marker 359
  (5.25 miles, elevation gain: 1237 ft, nice view… lots of stairs)
• MacRae Peak – Grandfather Mountain (North Carolina) – near Mile Marker 305
  (3.5 miles, elevation gain: 1600 ft. – amazing views, ladder climbs, and swinging bridge)
• Mt. Pisgah (North Carolina)  – near Mile Marker 407
  (3 miles, elevation gain: 700 ft. – good views, safe for children, eyesore television tower)
• Rocky Knob – Mile Marker 168
  (2.3 miles, elevation gain: 480 ft. – decent views, open meadows)
• Rough Ridge (North Carolina) – Mile Marker 302.8
  (1.2 miles, elevation gain: 480 ft. – amazing mountain views!)
• Sharp Top and Buzzard’s Roost – Mile Marker 85.9
  (3.4 miles, elevation gain: 1340 ft. – fantastic views, overcrowded)
• Sherando Lake Loop – Mile Marker 16
  (2.5 miles, elevation gain: 998 feet – pleasant, easy walk with great lake/mountain views)
• Three Ridges – Mile Marker 13.7
  (13.2 miles, elevation gain: 3900 ft.  amazing views, streams/small waterfalls)