One of the top spots to stop along the Appalachian Trail, Max Patch is a mountain near the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. READ MORE: The 15 Best Things to Do in Waynesville NC Max Patch Panorama, photo by Frank Kehren via flickr ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) MAX PATCH Many of the mountain hiking trails in the Craggies are part of Section 3 of NC’s Mountain-to-Sea Trail, which stretches from Clingman’s Dome to the North Carolina coast. So it’s worth visiting all 3 and making a day of it. But it is the highest point, for those who like such superlatives.Ĭraggy Gardens and Craggy Pinnacle are both located nearby on the BRP, and have their own parking areas for separate, shorter hikes. The highest point in the Great Craggy Mountains (colloquially called “the Craggies”), Craggy Dome can be accessed from the Greybeard Overlook at MP 363.4.Ĭraggy Dome may not be the most beautiful mountain hiking trail in the Craggies– it has a reputation for being overgrown. READ MORE: The Appalachian Culture & History of the Blue Ridge Mountains HIKING NEAR ASHEVILLE NC Trail near Craggy Gardens- panoramio.jpg” by dmtilley is licensed under CC BY 3.0 CRAGGY DOME To that end, read on for our picks for the 15 best Western North Carolina mountains for hiking, including mountains near Asheville, Boone, Brevard and Bryson City. Suffice it to say, if it’s trekking you’re into and gorgeous scenery you’re hoping to see while you do it, there may be no better place in America than the majestic mountains of North Carolina. Meanwhile, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States, drawing nearly 13 million people in 2019. So perhaps it’s no surprise that the Blue Ridge Parkway, which crawls over the ridge line of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is the most visited US national park unit, annually attracting some 15 million visitors. These are the Appalachians, replete with culture, history, countless beautiful waterfalls, and world-class hiking trails.
In fact, over half of the tallest 20 mountains in the eastern US are in Western North Carolina!Īnd we aren’t talking run-of-the-mill mountains here. North Carolina is home to the five highest mountains east of the Mississippi: Mt.
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