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Touring Big East Fork in United States
Big East Fork in the region of North Carolina is a city located in United States - some 401 mi or ( 646 km ) South-West of Washington , the country's capital city .
Time in Big East Fork is now 02:27 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/New York " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Spring Hill, Gainesville, Asheville, Balsam Grove, and Beaverdam. Being here already, consider visiting Spring Hill . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Big East Fork ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Sliding Rock near Brevard, Asheville & Black Mountain, NC using Sony PMW-EX1r
Sliding Rock is just down the mountain from the Blue Ridge Parkway and around the corner from Brevard, Asheville, Hendersonville and Black Mountain. While visiting western North Carolina consider stay ..
Skinny Dip Falls, NC
Blue Ridge Parkway MP 417 Skinny Dip Falls ..
JUST US Photos - Hammock Camping
My middle daughter and I took a "Just Us" hammock camping trip to Pisgah National Forrest just outside Brevard, NC. While we were there we went to Looking Glass Falls, Sliding Rock, and Moore's Cove F ..
Looking Glass Rock
View of three plutons from the ridge between Bennett Gap and Saddle Gap in the Avery Creek area of Pisgah National Forest. In addition to Looking Glass Rock, also visible are Cedar Rock (the prominent ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Shining Rock Wilderness
The Shining Rock Wilderness is a protected Wilderness Area in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its first 13,400 acres have been part of the National Wilderness Preservation System since the System was created in 1964. It now includes 18,483 acres, and is managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the Pisgah National Forest. Within the wilderness, the Art Loeb Trail can be followed to the base of Cold Mountain, where a spur trail leads to the summit.
Located at 35.35 -82.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Shining Rock
Shining Rock is a mountain in western North Carolina. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. It is the 38th tallest mountain in the eastern United States. Shining Rock is in the Shining Rock Wilderness near milepost 420 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Art Loeb Trail passes just below the summit. Shining Rock is named for the large cluster of quartz boulders near its summit.
Located at 35.37 -82.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Unaka National Forest
Unaka National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia on July 24, 1920 with 840,996 acres . On July 10, 1936 most of the forest was transferred to Pisgah National Forest, with the Virginia portion going to Jefferson National Forest, and the name was discontinued.
Located at 35.35 -82.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Cold Mountain (North Carolina)
Cold Mountain is in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. Cold Mountain is located within the Shining Rock Wilderness of the Pisgah National Forest about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Waynesville and 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Asheville. The mountain lies completely within federal lands and is uninhabited.
Located at 35.41 -82.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
William Bartram
William Bartram (April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist. The son of Ann (née Mendenhall) and John Bartram, William Bartram and his twin sister Elizabeth were born in Kingsessing, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. As a boy, he accompanied his father on many of his travels to the Catskill Mountains, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, New England, and Florida. From his mid-teens, Bartram was noted for the quality of his botanic and ornithological drawings.
Located at 35.33 -82.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
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