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Richard my hiking buddy
from ORNL at the beginning of the Art Loeb Trail. on left and in the
Shinning Rock Wilderness area. From Brevard, NC,
drive into the forest on Hwy 276 past Davidson Camp Ground. Continue 1
to 4 miles or so until you reach the Ranger Station on your right.
There you can obtain trail maps and information.”
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View to the south
walking along Art Loeb Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains. and the Pisgah
National Forest. You can see the top of Slick Rock North Carolina. Lots
of climbers use that.
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To the south again.
Slick Rock is clearly visable.
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Almost to our campsite.
You can see the quartz rock known as Shinning Rock. At night you can
see the lights of Franklin, North Carlina from atop the quartz rocks.
This trail is sometimes called Mountains to Sea Trail and it is in the
Shinning Rock Wilderness
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View looking north.
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This bald mountain was
once forested until cleard for timber by Champion Paper Company. It was
grazed heavily by sheep and timber never grew back.
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