Five-Star Trails: Asheville. Jennifer Pharr Davis
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Overview Map Key
Central
2 Destination Center Track Trail
North
7 Craggy Gardens and Craggy Pinnacle
East
South
19 Carl Sandburg’s Connemara Farms
20 DuPont State Forest Four Falls
West
26 Black Balsam Knob High Loop
31 Mount Pisgah via Buck Spring Lodge
BLACK BALSAM KNOB HIGH LOOP
Five-Star Trails Asheville
35 Spectacular Hikes in the Land of the Sky
Copyright © 2012 and 2018 by Jennifer Pharr Davis
All rights reserved
Published by Menasha Ridge Press
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Printed in the United States of America
Second edition, first printing
Cover design by Scott McGrew
Text design by Annie Long
All interior photographs by Jennifer Pharr Davis, except on page 183: T. Markley/Shutterstock
Cartography and elevation profiles by Scott McGrew
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Davis, Jennifer Pharr, author.
Title: Five-Star Trails Asheville : your guide to the area’s most beautiful hikes / Jennifer Pharr Davis.
Description: Second Edition. | Birmingham, Alabama : Menasha Ridge Press, [2018] | “Distributed by Publishers Group West”—T.p. verso. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017046488| ISBN 9781634040969 (paperback) | ISBN 9781634040976 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hiking—North Carolina—Asheville Region—Guidebooks. | Trails—North Carolina—Asheville Region—Guidebooks. | Asheville Region (N.C.)—Guidebooks.
Classification: LCC GV199.42.N662 A754 2018 | DDC 796.5109756/88—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017046488
Front cover: View of the Appalachian Mountains from Craggy Pinnacle, near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina; photo © Jon Bilous/Shutterstock
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DISCLAIMER This book is meant only as a guide to select trails in and near Asheville, North Carolina. This book does not guarantee hiker safety in any way—you hike at your own risk. Neither Menasha Ridge Press nor Jennifer Pharr Davis is liable for property loss or damage, personal injury, or death that result in any way from accessing or hiking the trails described in the following pages. Please be especially cautious when walking in potentially hazardous terrains with, for example, steep inclines or drop-offs. Do not attempt to explore terrain that may be beyond your abilities. Please read carefully the introduction to this book as