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Mount Mitchell State Park
State park
1,946-acre park on the highest peak east of the Mississippi, with camping, hiking & panoramic views.
4.90 (4.8K reviews)
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Crabtree Falls
Hiking area
👍👍 The hike down and up is so worth the waterfall experience! Beautiful scenery. Paved parking pull off at the top of the trail.
4.90 (510 reviews)
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Roaring Fork Falls Trailhead
Hiking area
👍👍 Nice .5 mile hike to pretty waterfall. Went early on a Wednesday morning and had the trail to ourselves. There was no designated parking but we parked on the side of the road with the trail to stay away from the private property. Most of the trail is gravel. There is a small section after the bridge...
4.80 (308 reviews)
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Black Mountains Overlook
Scenic spot
👍👍 An overlook that provides a wide open view of the Black Mountains. You can see Mount Mitchell, Mount Craig, Celo Knob and a bunch of other 6000ers from this here. Definitely a place worth stopping at on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I stopped here during a clear fall day, but I bet it looks even better in...
4.90 (239 reviews)
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Cane River Park
Park
👍👍 Quaint park in the mountains ,, beautiful walking trail of 3/4 miles around ball fields and alongside a beautiful mountain stream . The park is repaired from recent flooding ,,,and the new childrens play area is next to the new location of the exercise equiptment ,,, right off of parking area . j...
4.40 (228 reviews)