Table of Contents
Hikes at a Glance 10
Acknowledgments 14
Preface 15
What It's Like: Hiking in the Carolina Mountains 16
Introduction 17
How to Use This Book 20
I Southwest North Carolina Mountains 23
1 Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Loop 24
2 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest 29
3 Three Falls of Snowbird Creek 33
4 Siler Bald Loop 38
5 Upper Nantahala River Route 43
6 Bartram Trail Vistas 47
7 Chinquapin Mountain and Glen Falls 51
8 Panthertown Valley Highlight Hike 56
9 Black Balsam Knob 62
10 Waterfalls of the Graveyard Fields 66
11 Cat Gap Loop 70
12 Looking Glass Rock 75
13 Twin Falls 80
14 Mount Pisgah 86
15 South Fork Mills River Loop 90
16 Dupont State Forest Waterfall Hike 94
II North Carolina Smokies 101
17 Gregory Bald Circuit 102
18 Shuckstack Fire Tower 107
19 Waterfalls of Deep Creek 111
20 Andrews Bald 115
21 Charlies Bunion 119
22 Sweat Heifer Creek Cascades 125
23 Big Fork Ridge Loop 129
24 Little Cataloochee Hike 133
25 Mount Sterling 137
26 Mouse Creek Falls and The Midnight Hole 141
III Northeast North Carolina Mountains 147
27 Max Patch 148
28 Lovers Leap 153
29 Big Firescald Knob 158
30 Mount Mitchell Hike 162
31 Crabtree Falls 167
32 Tower of Babel Loop 171
33 Linville Falls 176
34 Raider Camp Creek Circuit 181
35 Balds of Roan Mountain 186
36 Calloway Peak Via the Profile Trail 191
37 Boone Fork Circuit 196
38 Flat Top Tower 201
39 Elk Knob 205
40 Caudill Cabin 209
IV South Carolina Mountains 213
41 Opossum Creek Falls 214
42 Station Cove Falls Via Historic Oconee Station 218
43 Pigpen Falls and Lick Log Falls 222
44 King Creek Falls and Big Bend Falls 226
45 Ellicott Rock Wilderness Hike 231
46 Lower Whitewater Falls 235
47 Laurel Fork Falls at Lake Jocassee 240
48 Beech Bottom Falls 245
49 Table Rock State Park Hike 249
50 Raven Cliff Falls 253
