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Yancey County North Carolina Hiking Trails
Lost
Cove Ridge Trail
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Length: 3.0 miles
Rating: Strenuous
This
trail, blazed in white, follows a ridgeline to the Green Knob Lookout
Tower at 5090 ft and provides amazing views of this beautiful mountainous
region
The trail is very
steep and has very few switchbacks. After about 2.5 miles, several
overlooks offer amazing views. The trail gets rocky and some minor
scrambling is required. After about 2.8 miles you will see the Green Knob
Lookout Tower that can be accessed by a short side trail to the right.
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From the tower, the trail descends for .5 mile with switchbacks to the
Blue Ridge Parkway. About 100 yards to the right is the Bald Knob Ridge
overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, where parking is available.
Directions:
From
Burnsville go east on US 19E for about 4.3 miles to an access road to NC
80. Turn right, go for .6 mile and turn right again on NC 80. Follow this
road for 11.6 miles to the Mt Mitchell Golf Course and turn right on
Forest Service Road 472. This road changes to gravel. After it changes to
gravel, arrive at an intersection at which you can go straight or take a
right. Take a right on this road, which keeps you on FS road 472. Go to a
parking lot on the left with a bulletin board with trail maps and
information. This is the trailhead.
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