Figure 8 Loop Trail-Moses Cone Memorial Park-Blue Ridge Parkway

Figure 8 Loop Trail-Moses Cone Memorial Park-Blue Ridge Parkway

Figure 8 Trail Moses Cone 17


Trail head: Milepost 293-295 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance:
0.4 miles
Duration: 12 minutes
Skill Level: Easy

Overview:
Arrive at Mose Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Head down the stairs to the parkway craft center. Go past the Moses Cone home on the right and you will see the figure eight trail sign. This is a good leg stretcher that is easy for weary travelers who have been on the parkway for a while in the car and need to get the blood moving and wake up a bit. the trail is a figure eight loop trail that has many signs about the types of trees around the Moses Cone Manor Memorial Park. There are 25 miles of trails at Moses Cone Park please see the following:
Rich Mountain Carriage Trail
Bass Lake Loop Trail
Flat Top Tower Trail
Moses Cone Carriage Trails

Tips:
  • Water bottle
  • Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
  • Would recommend this hike to families with small kids

Figure 8 Loop Trail Map
figure 8 loop trail


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Chestoa View Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 320

Chestoa View Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 320

BRHT24


Trail head: Milepost 320 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance:
0.6 miles
Duration: 46 minutes
Skill Level: Easy

Overview:
On the Blue Ridge Parkway  at milepost 320 you will see a sign for Chestoa View Parking. Get out park your car, and you will see the trail head in front of you. Follow the paved path for a few minutes until you reach the concrete steps downwards until your reach the overlook with mountain views. After seeing the view and walking back up the steps, the trail continues to the left and makes a loop through the forest and back to the parking lot.

Tips:
  • Water bottle
  • Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
  • Would recommend this hike to families with small kids

Chestoa View Trail Map
chestoa view trail map


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Cascades Trail-E.B. Jeffress Park-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 271.9

Cascades Trail-E.B. Jeffress Park-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 271.9

cascades waterfall-blueridgehikingtrails-com


Trail head: Milepost 271.9 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance:
0.9 miles
Duration: 55 minutes
Skill Level: Moderate Hiking Trail

Overview:
Trail head starts off at the E.B.Jeffress Park overlook at milepost 271.9 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Past the bathrooms and down the trail the path takes you until you reach a series of steps, the a bridge that crosses Falls Creek which is part of the water for the Cascades waterfall. As you continue down the trail to see and step down many sets of stairs until you come to a stone staircase which leads you to more stairs downwards until you reach the cascades falls. The water fall runs from right to left and is many stories tall. Once you take your photos and head back up a few flights of stairs you then head towards the right and loop around towards the parking lot. there are many picnic benches here for lunch or a snack before or after your hike.

Tips:
  • Water bottle
  • Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
  • Would recommend this hike to families with small kids

Cascades Trail Map
cascades falls


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Directions To The Cascades Waterfall

Tomkins Knob Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 273

Tomkins Knob Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 273

BRHT55


Trail head: Milepost 273 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance:
0.7 miles
Duration: 20 minutes
Skill Level: Easy / Moderate Hiking Trail

Overview:
Tomkins Knob Hiking Trail is a good extra hike to add onto the Cascades Falls Trail at EB Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This adds another .7 miles to the .9 mile waterfall loop. This was a good leg stretcher, very flat through the woods until you get to the beginning of the cascades trail. On the the trail you will enter a field where there is a very old mountain cabin that you can walk through and see how people lived in the mountains long ago.

Tips:
  • Water bottle
  • Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
  • Would recommend this hike to families with small kids

Tomkins Knob Trail Map
tomkins knob trail map


 

 

 

Green Knob Trail-Julian Price Park-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 295.9

Green Knob Trail-Julian Price Park-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 295.9

Green Knob Trail BRP 69

Trail head: Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 295.9
Distance:
2 miles
Duration: 1 hour
Skill Level: Moderate Hiking Trails

Overview:
Drive to the Blue Ridge Parkway to milepost 295.9 and park in the overlook. There is a small lake called Sims Pond, and waterfall here and a map of the green knob and which is part of the Julian Price memorial park trail system. After crossing the bridge over the waterfall, continue around the pond on the trail. The trail crosses and runs along the creek then starts to ascend the mountain, the path then go under the blue ridge parkway bridge at Sims Creek Overlook. The trail continues along the creek and climbs the mountain until you reach the green pasture. Then continue up the road and follow the stone arrow signs. The trail heads back into the woods and downwards back in to a field with a mountain view. The trail then continues to loop around and ends up back at the road across from the overlook and the Sims Pond.

Tips:
  • Hiking Shoes and Water bottle
  • Intermediate hike for families with small kids

Green Knob Trail Map
green knob trail map


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Cold Prong Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 299

Cold Prong Trail-Blue Ridge Parkway-Milepost 299

BRHT13


Trail head: Milepost 299 Blue Ridge Parkway
Distance:
0.4 miles
Duration: 17 minutes
Skill Level: Easy

Overview:
Cold Prong Trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway is a small loop for beginner hikers. Almost all of the hike is flat. You start at the overlook parking lot, and head right on the path. The trail is wide and you follow it until you come to a wide open area with a small foot bridge. After rains this area must fill up a bit, so there is a bridge. the trail loops around and before you know it you’re back at the parking lot. I would call this one an easy leg stretcher after driving on the parkway for a few hours.

Tips:
  • Water bottle
  • Regular shoes or sneakers would be fine for this hike
  • Would recommend this hike to families with small kids

Cold Prong Trail Map
cold prong trail map


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