Blue Ridge Parkway Trails

Blue Ridge Parkway Trails

Virginia Trails

• Milepost – Trail – Miles – Difficulty

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• 5.9 – Farm Museum Trail – 0.25 – easy *
• 34.4 – Yankee Horse (logging RR) – 0.2 – moderate
• 60.8 – Otter Creek – 3.5 – moderate *
• 63.1 – Otter Lake Loop – 0.8 – moderate
• 63.6 – James River(canal locks) – 0.2 – easy
• 63.6 – Trail of Trees Loop – 0.5 – moderate
• 78.4 – Apple Orchard Falls – 1.2 – strenuous **
• 83.1 – Fallingwater Cascades – 1.6 – moderate **
• 83.5 – Flat Top – 4.4 – strenuous *
• 85.7 – Abbott Lake Loop – 1.0 – easy
• 85.9 – Elk Run Loop – 0.8 – easy *
• 85.9 – Johnson Farm Loop – 2.1 – moderate
• 85.9 – Harkening Hill – 3.3 – moderate
• 86.0 – Sharp Top – 1.6 – strenuous *
• 110.6 – Stewart Knob – 1.2 – moderate
• 114.9 – Roanoke River Loop – 0.35 – easy
• 120.4 – Roanoke Mountain Summit – 0.11 – moderate
• 154.5 – Smart View Loop – 2.6 – moderate
• 167.1 – Rock Castle Gorge Loop – 10.8 – strenuous
• 176.2 – Mabry Mill – 0.5 – easy
• 213.0 – Fisher’s Peak Loop – 2.25 – moderate

North Carolina Trails

• Milepost – Trail – Miles – Difficulty

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• 217.5 – Cumberland Knob – 0.5 – easy * features, walking
• 230.1 – Little Glade Millpond Loop – 0.4 – easy
• 241.0 – Fodder Stack – 1.0 – moderate * advice. *
• 271.9 – Cascades Loop – 0.5 – moderate available. **
• 294.0 – Flat Top Mountain – 3.0 – moderate *
• 294.1 – Figure 8 Loop – 0.7 – easy *
• 296.5 – Boone Fork Loop – 5.5 – moderate-strenuous *
• 297.0 – Price Lake Loop – 2.7 – moderate
• 304.4 – Linn Cove Viaduct Access – 0.16 – easy
• 305.2 – Beacon Heights – 0.2 moderate *
• 305.5 – Tanawha (MP 297 – 305) – 13.5 – moderate-strenuous * D
• 316.4 – Linville Falls, Erwins View – 0.8 – moderate
• 316.4 – Linville Falls, Plunge Basin – 0.5 – strenuous
• 339.5 – Crabtree Falls – 2.5 – strenuous *
• 364.2 – Craggy Pinnacle – 0.7 – moderate
• 407.6 – Mt. Pisgah Summit – 1.3 – moderate-strenuous
• 407.6 – Buck Springs (lodge to view) – 1.06 – easy-moderate
• 408.5 – Frying Pan Mountain – 1.06 – moderate-strenuous
• 418.8 – Graveyard Fields Stream Loop – 2.3 – moderate
• 431.0 – Richland Balsam – 1.5 – moderate
• 451.2 – Waterrock Knob Summit – 0.6 – moderate-strenuous

Please note:
Distances are one way except for loop trails. See trail maps for distances, features, walking conditions and important advice.
* Hiking map is available.
** Designated National Recreation Trail.
D – Tanawha has nine Parkway access points, several in the Grandfather Mountain area.