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Brown Mountain area is just weirdly creepy to me and I avoid it myself. P.S. I am a WNC native and not particularly superstitious but I just stay away.
and agree there are a lot of human toys that spoil the quiet in that part of WNC.
Brown Mountain area is just weirdly creepy to me and I avoid it myself. P.S. I am a WNC native and not particularly superstitious but I just stay away.
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Brown Mtn Lights...have heard of them, haven't been to it to try and see them.
Maybe the OP will do a few nights on that little knoll, (~2300 ft elevation), and tell us about them, or post some pics.
Max Patch in Madison County is one of our favorite places to hike. It's a Big Bald so you will have plenty of stargazing at night.
The Coleman Boundary, Part of Pisgah National Forest is closer in. It's at the end of Dillingham Road in Barnardsville. Plenty of mountain rivers and places to camp.
So ive gotten a chance to go backpacking last weekend and fishing this weekend and may I say Im a bit disappointed. Both activities were a bit crowded for my taste, somehow I ended up in some ones backyard and although the mountains were great awesome vew and all but nothing really breathtaking in my opinion but ill try again in pnf next week if possible.
If you go to Zillow and search for the area you want to go hiking, you can find out how many homes are actually in the area. I found it enlightening, because they're hidden in trees on Google Maps but pop up with Zillow's arrows. If you're hiking along parkland and know the direction you want to go and aren't sure of park boundaries v. private property, chose a house on the Zillow map, click on it and go to the bottom map for the property. Private parcels of land will be sectioned off on that map, and you can zoom along and look for places to avoid. I do this a lot for my property searches along rivers where I want to fish. So much of it private! National Park trails will be marked on these maps, and sometimes they're surrounded by private property. I find it very informative when I'm looking for relative isolation.
I'll bet Zillow never thought it'd be a tool to find out where houses are not!
I forgot to add, when you're on the main map of the area, choose to see all homes, including sold, etc., by choosing every color arrow from the box at top. You'll still only see the homes they have records of, and sometimes that's only 60-80%, depending upon the area. You'll see that from the bottom detail map of a specific property when you see homes with no arrows at all. It usually means they haven't changed hands in something like 20 years or more.
Of course the Appalachian Mountains are not going to be as picturesque, high, and rugged as the western mountains because they are much older and all worn down. Part of their beauty now lies in lovely white crystal sand deposits on the Gulf of Mexico shores.
Of course the Appalachian Mountains are not going to be as picturesque, high, and rugged as the western mountains because they are much older and all worn down. Part of their beauty now lies in lovely white crystal sand deposits on the Gulf of Mexico shores.
Much more serene and welcoming ... they draw you in with the charm. The French Broad River (I was told) is the oldest river in the world. If true, I find that amazing.
Although the history behind this mountains is very interesting its not all that challenging to me the hidden treasures are that great IMHO but I just took on some trails I found online. While talking to a co worker about it he agreed but him being a local native and a fellow adventure seeker offered to show me some awesome trails known by locals. So im not knocking it yet lets see what wnc has to offer in the great outdoors.
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