Forest Service Graveyard Fields project connection with Blue Ridge Parkway Lands please see the following link. To learn more specifically about the U.S. There are also miles of hiking trails in this area and you should have the Pisgah Forest trail map if you want to do any serious exploring in this area. Comments will become part of the project record and may be released under the Freedom of Information Act. Comments may also be mailed to: Pisgah Ranger District, USDA Forest Service, Attn: Jeff Owenby, 1600 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768. On the right side of the project webpage, click Comment/Object on project and submit your comments. Forest Service Graveyard Fields Project please use this link. The larger Graveyard Fields project, of which the proposed trail connection is one piece, is divided into four primary categories of work: Heavy trail maintenance, trail relocation and construction, stream restoration, and red spruce restoration.įor more information and to provide comments about the U.S. The trail offers a number of activity options. The Graveyard Fields area is located 25 miles southwest of Asheville, NC and ranges in elevation from about 5,000' to over 6,200'. Graveyard Fields Trail is a 3 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Canton, North Carolina that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate. The Pisgah Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest is currently seeking public input on the Graveyard Fields Project which also seeks to restore, protect, and improve one of the most highly visited destinations in the District, known for its distinctive geography, natural communities, and waterfalls. Finding a parking spot on a weekend or during a busy time of year requires an early start to the day, a great deal of patience, or the. Easy trail access is from the Graveyard Fields Overlook at Milepost 418.8 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, but the property is managed by Pisgah National Forest. If you want to see Second Falls follow the access trail before continuing on the loop. Graveyard Fields is an extremely popular hiking area.
Just past the lower crossing of Yellowstone Prong you come to a junction where the Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail continues straight ahead and the Graveyard Fields Loop turns left.
By creating an additional safe access at the overlook, use of the area can be better distributed and visitor safety can be improved. Graveyard Fields Loop/Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail Junction. This trail is beautiful but it is moderate. The proposed crossing would be planned with safety as a priority, ultimately connecting the overlook to a short, new trail constructed on NPS land that leads to USFS lands. We gatherd our group ranging in age from 9-38 and headed out on about a 3.5 mile hike through Graveyard Fields. This USFS project would use the nearby John Rock Overlook as an additional access point for Graveyard Fields with a pedestrian crossing of the Parkway. Currently access to Graveyard Fields is from a single parking area on the Blue Ridge Parkway which often sees overflow parking stretching along the motor road.
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