Grandfather Mountain State Park
63 Trails
277 POIs
21 Peaks
27 Campsites
54 Picnic Sites
27 Viewpoints
Description
Grandfather Mountain is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains. The Blue Ridge Parkway passes by the south side of the mountain and also passes over the nearby Grandmother Gap. It is located at the meeting point of Avery, Caldwell (highest point), and Watauga (highest point) counties. The attraction side of the mountain, which includes the Mile High Swinging Bridge, is accessed via Grandfather Mountain Entrance Road. Admittance fees are charged at the main gate. Part or all of the attraction is sometimes closed due to frequently inclement weather in the late fall, winter, and spring. Hiking and camping are free in the "backcountry" area now designated as a state park, the required permits are available at all trail heads. Those intending to enter or leave the park via the attraction must still pay admittance, however. In years previous when the whole mountain was privately owned, hikers and campers were required to pay fees. Park regulations are enforced by patrolling state park rangers. Fire is prohibited at many of the higher elevation campsites, due to high winds.
Trails in the Hikepack map
- Asutsi Trail
- Bass Lake Road
- Beacon Heights Trail
- Black Bottom Road
- Black Rock Trail
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Boone Fork Trail
- China Creek Trail
- Cold Prong Pond Loop
- Colt House Road
- Cragway Trail
- Daniel Boone Scout Trail
- Deer Park Loop
- Deer Park Road
- Duncan Road
- Entrance Road
- Figure Eight Trail
- Flat Rock Trail
- Flat Top Road
- Grandfather Trail
- Grandfather Trail Extension
- Green Knob Trail
- Johns River Road
- May View Road
- Mile High Swinging Bridge
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- National Forrest Road
- Nuwati Trail
- Old John's River Road
- Price Lake Trail
- Profile Trail
- Rich Mountain Road
- Tanawha Trail
- The Maze
- Trout Lake Road
- Twin Branches Drive
- Underwood Trail
- Upper Boone Fork Trail
- Wadkins Road
Attractions in the Hikepack map
- Alpine Meadow
- Ansley Heights
- Ash Bearpen Knob
- Attic Window
- Bass Lake
- Beacon Heights
- Bear Wallow Spring
- Boone Fork
- Boone Fork Trail
- Boulder Field Overlook
- Briar Patch
- Buck Knob
- Bull Mountain
- Calloway Gap
- Calloway Peak
- Campground Office
- Carriage Barn
- Chestnut Knob
- Cliffside
- Cold Prong Pond
- Cold Prong Pond Loop
- Cone Manor
- Daniel Boone
- Fair Mountain
- Flat Rock
- Flat Rock Parking Area
- Flat Rock View
- Flat Top Mountain
- Flat Top Tower
- Foscoe View
- Grandfather Mountain
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook
- Grandfather Mountain State Park
- Grandmother Mountain
- Green Knob
- Green Knob Trail
- Green Mountain
- Hemlock Ridge
- Hi-Balsam Shelter
- Holloway Mountain Parking Area
- Indian House Cave
- Julian Price Memorial Park Campground
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area
- Kelsey
- Linn Cove Viaduct
- Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center
- Linville Bluffs
- Linville Peak
- Little Bald
- Lowes Foods
- Martin Knob
- Mile High Swinging Bridge
- Mill Ridge
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- Myria Knob
- Old Johns River Road
- Pigpen Knob
- Pilot Knob
- Price Lake Trail
- Profile
- Profile View
- Raven Rocks
- Raven's Roost
- Rich Mountain
- Roots Restaurant
- Rough Ridge
- Shanty Springs
- Ski Mountain
- Stack Rock
- Stack Rock Parking Area
- Storyteller Rock
- Streamside
- Tanawha Trail
- The Hermitage
- The Refuge
- Top Crag View
- Top Shop Hiking Trail Parking Lot
- Trout Lake
- Viaduct View
- Watauga US 221 Rest Area
- Watauga View
- Wilson Creek Overlook
- Yonahlossee Overlook
Copyright
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Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Ken Thomas https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grandfather_Mountain-27527-1.jpg Public Domain.
