| Date |
Distance |
Time |
Elevation Gain |
Average Moving Time |
Year to Date Miles |
| 7/2/2024 |
3.8 miles |
1 hour 42 minutes |
497' |
2.4 mph |
461.1 miles |
Parking:
- Orchards Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway
Map:Directions:- Continue along the overlook road, following signs for the MST to the Blue Ridge Parkway maintenance area. Return the same way
We were looking for a 4-mile hike today and came up with another MST section. We failed to notice that half of the hike is a road walk. There are parking spaces on both ends of this section. It was a little confusing to find the start of the MST, because the sign was hidden by weeds.
The hike starts with a 1-mile road walk. The road wasn't too busy, but it's a curvy road with fast moving cars. There is a wide grassy shoulder, however, there were also bunches of poison ivy in the grass. I was wearing shorts today :( Hopefully, I won't be covered in a rash this week. After a bunch of road walking, we got off onto trail for a while. The trail walking was easy and was nicely weed whacked :) And then back to the road. We turned off into the woods very briefly at the Blue Ridge Parkway maintenance center and checked out the parking situation there. This isn't a section we'd bother to repeat due to the road walking.
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| Orchards Overlook |
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| It took us a while to find the MST sign at the Orchards Overlook. |
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| The trail re-enters the woods right before the BRP Maintenance road. |
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| Another hidden sign, almost missed this one. |
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| Parking at the BRP maintenance area. |
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| Yeah! Trail! |
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| Northern Maidenhair Fern |
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| Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom |
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