Waterfalls on Glen Burney Trail Added

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We’ve added the three waterfalls along the Glen Burney Trail to NorthCarolinaWaterfalls.info, and a full trailhead page on HikeWNC.info as well! Owned by the town of Blowing Rock, the waterfalls include The Cascades, Glen Burney Falls, and Glen Marie Falls. … Continued

New Styles for HikeWNC and MTB WNC

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We’re rolling out some big style changes to HikeWNC and MTB WNC! We think the new look should be simpler and more modern, and we’ve toned down the colors quite a bit. Please refresh – maybe a couple of times … Continued

DuPont State Forest GPS Map

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We now have a GPS map available with all the trails in DuPont State Forest. You can see the maps & download the data on HikeWNC or MTBikeWNC. The interactive maps (based on Google Maps) have USGS topo base layers, … Continued

Bike Magazine Test Bikes, Praises Trails in Pisgah and DuPont

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Bike Magazine‘s testers hit the trails around Brevard early this month. They were in DuPont State Forest and Pisgah National Forest putting some new 2012 rigs thru their paces and gaining some knowledge of the local trails. Not surprisingly, the … Continued

New Pisgah Ranger District Trail Map Published

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Front of the map. The guys with Pisgah Map Company – Pete Kennedy and Jack Mohr – have released a fantastic new competitor to the old Trails Illustrated map #780 (Pisgah Ranger District) by National Geographic. Called the Western North … Continued

New “Trails” Section Added to HikeWNC and MTB WNC

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We’ve add a new Trails section to HikeWNC and MTB WNC.  Believe it or not, we’ve never actually had a section of the sites dedicated to just the trails – until now! “Trailheads” is still the place to find a … Continued

New Trailheads Added

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We’ve added several new trailheads over the last few months that we wanted to share. First, as we continue to round up the State Parks, we added Stone Mountain State Park in the northwestern part of North Carolina. Neat waterfalls … Continued

Two New Waterfalls Added

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We just added two new waterfalls – Bard Falls and North Harper Creek Falls, both on North Harper Creek. These are located in the Pisgah National Forest’s Wilson Creek area, which includes drainages below the Blue Ridge and Grandfather Mountain. … Continued

Carl Sandburg National Historic Site Trailhead Added

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We’ve added Carl Sandburg National Historic Site as a trailhead on HikeWNC.info. Though the area doesn’t contain a huge number of trails, it’s a nice place to hike and relax, and perhaps do some writing in seclusion as Carl Sandburg once … Continued

Grandfather Mountain State Park Trailhead Live

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We just added the Grandfather Mountain State Park Trailhead area to HikeWNC.info! Check it out for general information, history, the trail list, and a new Best Hike: Grandfather’s Profile. Grandfather Mountain is one of Western North Carolina’s finest and most … Continued