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A June Stroll Up The High Shoals Falls Loop Trail

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This spring has been a busy one….I have not been on a hike since late April. I had some free time this second Saturday in June. As I pondered a place to go, it dawned on me that I had not been to South Mountain State Park in over a year and a half. With …

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Waterfall Daytrip – Graveyard Fields, Looking Glass Falls, Moore Cove Falls, and Sliding Rock!

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One of the most popular and one of my favorite Blue Ridge Parkway hiking destinations has to be at milepost 418, Graveyard Fields. Graveyard Fields gets its name from a long time ago when the trees and stumps resembled gravestones in a graveyard. This was all swept away in 1925 by a huge fire.