North Carolina hiking trails - Yancey Ridge Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Avery County
LOCATION
Latitude: 36.03167
Longitude: -81.775
User input for Yancey Ridge Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Avery County, North Carolina:
US221 E out of Blowing Rock. 15miles to Gragg Rd to Yancey Ridge Trail
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Ryan Rogusky:
Real nice if I had a GPS sitting next to my laptop, but for those without their GPS, directions to a trail head would be nice.
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| | In the Blue Ridge Mountains there are many great hiking trails, it's a great hiking area. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Yancey Ridge Trail in Avery County, North Carolina is a good choice. Yancey Ridge Trail is not very near Boone at all but hiking it is great fun any time.
Be careful coming to the Blue Ridge Mountains, you might not ever want to go home again. Why not camp at Flintlock Campground if you're here at Yancey Ridge Trail, and a wonderful place for whitewater paddling is Wilson Creek. Crusher Branch is near |
Yancey Ridge Trail and is always a joy to go to. Down By The River Campground is a delightful local campground, and some nearby water includes Laurel Mountain Branch.
North Carolina is a great place for hikers. Summer brings highs in the 70's to Yancey Ridge Trail. Summer night
| lows sink down to the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 40's, and through the dark hours in the winter at Yancey Ridge Trail temperatures fall to the 10's. Much rain falls at Yancey Ridge Trail; of all the months in a year May is the one with the most rain, and December meanwhile is the driest month.
There are plenty of folks from Boone here at Yancey Ridge Trail, and Gragg Prong River is a splendid whitewater spot nearby. | |
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| These outdoors activities are available near Yancey Ridge Trail. |
| | Whitewater Near Yancey Ridge Trail:
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Wilson Creek, Avery/Caldwell County
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, 0 miles away, Class IV - 5 miles long (Upper Wilson) |
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Gragg Prong River, Avery County
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, 0 miles away, Class IV-V - 1.6 miles long (Roseboro to Lost Cove Creek) |
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North Harper Creek, Avery/Caldwell County
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, 3 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 9 miles long (Wilson Creek Tributary) |
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Wilson Creek, Caldwell County
County
, 4 miles away, Class II-III - 5 miles long (Route 1328 Bridge to National Forest sign) |
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Lost Cove Creek, Avery County
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, 4 miles away, Class -blank- - 8 miles long (Main) |
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| | Hotels Near Yancey Ridge Trail:
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Sugar Ski and Country Club, Sugar Mountain
, 7 miles away |
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Ridgeway Inn, Blowing Rock
, 9 miles away |
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Best Western Mountain Lodge At Banner Elk, Banner Elk
, 9 miles away |
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The Village Inn, Blowing Rock
, 9 miles away |
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Blowing Rock Victorian Inn B&B, Blowing Rock
, 9 miles away |
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