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25 Oct

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The Channels Natural Area Preserve, located within the Channels State Forest, is managed by the Department of Forestry in partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation.The preserve name is derived from the maze-like system of sandstone crevices and boulders that occur near the summit of Middle Knob on Clinch Mountain. The Channels were likely formed while the high-elevation sandstone cap was under the influence of permafrost and ice wedging during the last ice age. These forces shattered...

25 Oct

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Get ready for an unforgettable experience.  Visit Sundog Outfitter for a ride on the Virginia Creeper Trail.  Explore amazing scenery while coasting 17 miles downhill on the world famous trail. Daily bike rental and shuttle service all year round.  Visit now! Fun for all ages.Sundog Outfitter, located "where the trails cross" (7 national, regional, and local trails) in Damascus, Virginia, is your one-stop source for information on the Virginia Creeper Trail, Appalachian Trail, Mount Rogers...

25 Oct

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A part of and just off the Big Walker National Scenic Byway, this is a recreation area of the Jefferson National Forest. Stony Fork creek runs through the campground, providing recreation such as fishing and wading. A nature trail is located in the area, as is the Seven Sisters hiking trail. The campground has single and double units. Scenic overlooks are nearby on the Scenic Byway and Big Walker Lookout & Country Store is located...

25 Oct

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Join us for educational workshops throughout the year or at one of our free Friday tours! Please visit our website for a full list of classes, from beekeeping to farming & gardening to baking bread in a woodfired oven <https://spikenardfarm.org/> We also offer pollinator-friendly plants and seeds for sale. Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary specializes in flowers that nourish the bees with wonderful nectar and pollen, and invite the butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden too.  ...

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Smart View Recreational Area offers several hiking trails and picnic areas. Located along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Smart View also offers excellent views of the Virginia Piedmont. Various trails meander through moist deciduous woodlands, hardwood forests, and open fields. This site is great place to bird during spring migration, but summer also is productive with breeders such as hooded, Kentucky, and black-and white warblers, Acadian and great-crested flycatchers, blue-gray gnatcatcher, yellow-throated and red-eyed vireos, chipping...

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The length of Seven Sisters Trail is 4.8 miles located on Little Walker Mountain in Wythe County. The trail terminates inside of Stony Fork Campground. Trail users must park outside the Campground (fee area) and access the trail from Stony Fork Nature Trail (located within the campground) or use the parking lot at the east end of the trail. Seven Sisters trail is known for its variety of terrain. Vegetation changes from the creek bottom...

25 Oct

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This trail starts easy at the entrance to the Rocky Knob campground around milepost 167 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Then the trail descends over three miles into the backcountry camping area in the bottom of the gorge. The strenuous and rugged nature of the trail reveal part of the reason this pathway was given National Recreational Trail status.Also, in the springtime to early summer, nearly 200 varieties of wildflowers are visible along the trail...

25 Oct

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Travelers on the Blue Ridge Parkway will enjoy some of the 30 miles of scenery along this stretch within Carroll County, Virginia. The county offers an easy access to the parkway at Fancy Gap from I-77 (Exit 8). Travelers on the parkway may wish to travel south from Fancy Gap to Milepost 203.8 for an elevated perspective (2,980 ft)of the Carolina Piedmont below at an elevation of 1,000 feet. The overlook typifies the grandeur of what make...

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There are many unique and interesting things to see along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Carroll County. In addition to overlooks and historic and scenic waysides, are geological aspects of the landscape. The Orchard Gap location presents the visitor with an interesting panorama of a "mountain gap." One usually associates a mountain with a narrow, deep pass through the mountains. Here in the Blue Ridge Plateau region, a gap is a somewhat large bowl landform. Historically, the gaps...