Day-Hikes on the Blue Ridge Parkway North

The entire 88-mile Blue Ridge Parkway North section of the MST can be enjoyed as a series of day-hikes. Each link below provides the information you need to hike a sub-section of the trail.

Day-Hike 1: At the foot of Grandfather Mountain
Beacon Heights to Boone Fork Parking Area
Distance: 7.9 miles

Day-Hike 2: Out to pasture
Boone Fork Parking Area to Holloway Mountain Road
Distance: 3.7 miles

Day-Hike 3: Wet ‘n’ Wild
Holloway Mountain Road to Trout Lake
Distance:9.6 miles

Day-Hike 4: A Proper Ramble
Trout Lake to Thunder Hill Overlook
Distance: 7.2 miles

Day-Hike 5: Into the Wild
Thunder Hill Overlook to Bamboo Gap
Distance: 6.3 miles

Day-Hike 6: Howdy, Neighbors
Bamboo Gap to U.S. 421
Distance: 10 miles

Day-Hike 7: Back in the Mountains
U.S. 421 to Cascades Recreation Area/Jeffress Park
Distance: 4.7 miles

Day-Hike 8: Enchanted by the Escarpment
Cascades Recreation Area to the Park Vista Hotel (MP 268)
Distance: 4.3 miles

Day-Hike 9: High Meadows, Great Views
Park Vista Hotel/MP 268 to Jumpinoff Rocks Overlook
Distance: 8.0 miles

Day-Hike 10: Oh, fudge!
Jumpinoff Rocks to Sheetz Gap
Distance: 8.0 miles

Day-Hike 11: Mindless Wander
Sheetz Gap to Laurel Fork Road
Distance: 4.7 miles

Day-Hike 12: Beginnings, Endings
Laurel Fork Road to Doughton Park: Basin Cove Overlook
Distance: 4.2 miles

Day-Hike 13: Delightful Doughton
Basin Cove Overlook to The Bluffs Restaurant
Distance: 5.2 miles

Day-Hike 14: Goodbye, Mountains
The Bluffs Restaurant to Devil’s Garden Overlook
Distance: 5.2 miles

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