Company Mill Preserve: mill dam, boardwalks and beaver ponds
A late-summer hike past an old mill dam and over the boardwalks at Company Mill Preserve.
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Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway
A May 2020 weekend: the Bicentennial Greenway in Jamestown, NC, then Mabry Mill at milepost 176 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
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Nat Greene Trail at Lake Brandt
A spring walk on one of Greensboro’s oldest watershed trails.
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Great Bend Park at Glencoe on the Haw River
An easy winter walk along the Haw River at Great Bend Park.
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Mount Mitchell, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Tail of the Dragon
Two days on the motorcycle: the highest peak east of the Mississippi, the Parkway, the Dragon and the Cherohala Skyway.
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Pilot Mountain State Park: around the Big Pinnacle
Two visits to Pilot Mountain: the summit overlooks and the trail around the Big Pinnacle.
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Highlands waterfall day: Dry Falls, Bridal Veil, Glen Falls and Silver Run
A day of waterfalls around Highlands and Cashiers, including two you can walk behind.
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Hanging Rock State Park: stone steps, big views and four waterfalls
Two July visits to Hanging Rock State Park: the summit, Moore’s Knob, the waterfalls and the lake.
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Stone Mountain State Park: the granite dome and the falls
The Stone Mountain Loop in June 2018: the Hutchinson Homestead, a waterfall, and the bare granite summit of a 600-foot dome.
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Pilot Mountain in the fog
Our first Pilot Mountain hike, in May 2018: fog at the summit, then the ledges below Big Pinnacle as the clouds lifted.
