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Guided HikesHere are suggested hikes at the Highlands Ranger District trailhead. Contains all the information you need to take the hike on your next trip! Get complete details on each hike, including (when available):
| Glen Falls | Whiteside Mountain | |||||||||||||
This trail takes the hiker through a pleasant forest of hardwoods and pines to one of the spectacular waterfalls of the Blue Ridge Escarpment. As Overflow Creek plunges over the ledge below one of the East's highest towns, you really get two falls in one. It forms two distinct tiers of falls totaling over 200' in height, each with an entirely different look and feel. Makes for an excellent half-day hike, and it's a great trail for familes and older children. |
This excellent loop hike - although in need of some trail maintenance - climbs to the top of Whiteside Mountain, with its spectacular 700' high cliff walls lofting the hiker for amazing views. Take a camera, as the cliff-top views are lined with beautiful mountain laurel which blooms in mid-june. See relics from the past, when Whiteside Mountain was a tourist attraction. You'll pass through some pleasant woods along the way. | |||||||||||||
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