Hooker Falls is a 12-foot high ledge waterfall and swimming hole in Dupont State Park. It’s just over the North Carolina line from the upstate region of South Carolina. The swimming area is larger and an Olympic-size pool. This park … Continued
Graveyard Fields is one of the most popular attractions along the North Carolina stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s in the Pisgah National Forest just below Black Balsam Knob Mountain and about seven miles north of Frying Pan Mountain … Continued
Pinnacle Mountain Falls is off the Palmetto Trail behind the conference building in Table Rock State Park, near the campgrounds. There’s ample parking in the asphalt lot. You can’t miss the trailhead behind the conference center. Cell signal and GPS … Continued
Triple Falls in DuPont State Park is one of my favorite places to hike. The park is made up of more than 10,000 acres of forest, trails, and waterfalls just over the North Carolina line from the upstate region of … Continued
Raven Cliff Falls is an out-and-back trail in Caesars Head State Park. It’s just off US 276 on the South Carolina side of the SC/NC border. The trail is crowded year-round. There’s a well-kept gravel parking lot on the east … Continued
Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades is a waterfall right off of Highway 215 in Pisgah National Forest. It’s about a mile and a half north of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, close to Bubbling Spring Branch Falls and Wildcat … Continued
Wildcat Falls is a waterfall right off of Highway 215 in the Pisgah National Forest. It’s almost a mile north of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, between Bubbling Spring Branch Falls and Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades. There’s a … Continued
Bubbling Spring Branch is a trail right off of Highway 215 in the Pisgah National Forest. It’s about a half mile north of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, near Wildcat Falls and Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades. There’s a … Continued
The waterfalls in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in Marion, NC, are pretty impressive. There’s plenty of signage so you can’t miss the entry to the park. The road is pretty rough, but it doesn’t require a 4×4. The parking area … Continued