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If you love hiking as much as we do, Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina should definitely be on your bucket list. With a wide variety of trails suitable for every level this state park has it all. The park has an abundance of wildlife, a handful of waterfalls and stunning views. A well preserved and maintained Homestead sitting […]
Nestled in the heart of North Carolina, Stone Mountain State Park offers more than eighteen miles of trails, matched by more than twenty miles of designated trout waters that spreads below the Blue Ridge Parkway. Majestic views of the Yadkin Valley and Pilot Mountain can be seen from the distance atop the stone summit. Stone Mountain State Park offers ample […]
A beautiful well kept secret awaits you just outside Danbury, North Carolina. Remnants of a once-mighty range of peaks, the Sauratown Mountains range, rises from 1,700 feet to more than 2,500 feet in elevation and stands even taller while surrounded by the valley and countryside. Here among these ancient mountains which have been bitten down by wind, water and other […]
Among the oldest in the world, the Blue Ridge Mountains Range is second to only South Africa’s Barberton greenstone belt. The range was created by the uplifting of the Earth’s tectonic plates 1.1 billion to 250 million years ago. It extends from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, through parts of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, to Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia. The 615 […]
A little over an hour drive from the city of Charlotte, NC brings you to this little known destination that is sure to impress you with stunning views of the the Yadkin Valley, Lake Tillery and surrounding landscape, especially when the leaves have all fallen off the trees. There are about nine trails to choose from at the Morrow Mountain […]
UPDATED FEBRUARY 2023 Chances are if you have driven around Yadkin Valley in North Carolina you have seen the Pilot Mountain Pinnacle towering over the surrounding landscape reaching for the clouds. This distinctive nature wonder was used for navigational purposes for hundreds of years by Native Americans and European settlers and it is easy to see why while looking at […]
Widow’s Creek Falls are located near Elkin, NC , Traphill, NC and Roaring Gap NC just pass the lower parking lot at Stone Mountain State Park. This extremely easy and short hike is very popular especially in the summer months, known between the locals to be one of the best swimming holes near by. Quick Overview Difficulty: EASY Length: 0.2 […]