Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
How to Use This Guide 7
Trail Finder 9
Map Legend 13
Northwest 14
1 Big Fork Ridge Circuit 15
2 Boogerman Trail 21
3 Little Cataloochee Historic Hike 27
4 Mount Sterling Tower 32
5 Max Patch 37
6 Lovers Leap 42
7 Big Laurel Creek Hike 47
8 Falls of Hickey Fork 53
9 Jerry Miller Loop 59
10 Hidden Lake and Lower Higgins Creek Falls Hike 65
11 Nolichucky Gorge Circuit 70
12 Unaka Mountain Wilderness 76
Southwest 81
13 Middle Prong Circuit 82
14 Flat Laurel Creek Loop 88
15 Art Loeb Loop 93
16 Falls of Yellowstone Prong 99
17 Looking Glass Rock 105
18 John Rock Loop 110
19 Shining Creek Hike 116
20 Mount Pisgah 122
21 The Pink Beds 127
22 High Falls Hike 132
23 Avery Creek Falls and Twin Falls Loop 137
24 Bradley Creek Circuit 143
25 Cedar Rock Bridal Veil Falls Hike 149
26 Waterfalls of DuPont Loop 154
Southeast and Northeast 160
27 Blue Ridge Pastures 161
28 Bearwallow Mountain 166
29 Florence Nature Preserve 171
30 Hawkbill Rock via Snowball Trail 177
31 Cascade Fails and Douglas Falls 181
32 Rattlesnake Lodge Hike 187
33 Catawba Falls 192
34 Mount Mitchell State Park Loop 197
35 Black Mountain High Country Hike 203
36 River Loop with Setrock Creek Falls 208
37 Crabtree Falls 214
38 Trails of Linville Falls 220
39 Linville Gorge Wilderness Hike 226
40 Lake James State Park Hike 231
Hike Index 237
About the Author 238
