Blue Ridge Parkway - Section 2 Trails

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This is your guide to individual trails along this section of the Parkway.

Bass Lake

Easy, 1.7mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses, and hikers.

Beacon Heights

Moderate, 0.22mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 305.2

Black Bottom

Easy, 0.5mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, hikers and horses.

Boone Fork

Moderate, 4.9mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 296.5

Cascades

Moderate, 0.5mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 271.9
Travels through a mixed cove/northern hardwood forest to the Cascades, a high, sliding waterfall that drains the Blue Ridge. Interpretive signs. Gravel surface in places; steeper & rougher near the Cascades.

Deer Park

Moderate, 0.8mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses, and hikers.

Duncan Trail

Moderate, 2.5mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses and hikers.

Figure Eight

Easy, 0.7mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294.1

Flat Top Mountain

Moderate, 3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses and hikers.

Green Knob

Moderate, 2.3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 295.9

Linn Cove Viaduct Access Trail

Easy, 0.15mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 304.4
This easy, paved path provides access to the underside of the Linn Cove Viaduct, an engineering marvel of the Blue Ridge Parkway. This structure was built from the top down, allowing the fragile environment beneath it to be relatively undisturbed. The only places where heavy equipment was on the ground was where the support piers were actually poured. This trail continues on as the Tanawah Trail, a 13 mile trek around the side of Grandfather Mountain.

Maze Trail

Moderate, 2.3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses, and hikers.

Price Lake Loop

Moderate, 2.3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 297

Rich Mountain

Moderate, 3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses, and hikers.

Rock Creek Bridge

Easy, 1mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses, and hikers.

The Lump

Easy, 0.3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 264
This easy trail travels up "the lump", a cleared hillside located beside the Parkway. This hill is great for flying kites and/or model airplanes, which you will often see people doing.

Tompkins Knob

Easy, 0.6mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 272.5
This easy path leads to the historic Jesse Brown Cabin.

Trout Lake

Easy, 1mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294.6
Open to horses and hikers.

Watkins Trail

Easy, 3.3mi

Other Map ID: BRP MP 294
Open to carriages, horses and hikers.

Blue Ridge Parkway Section 2