If you want to see Second Falls follow the access trail before continuing on the loop. 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. To learn more specifically about the U.S. Graveyard Fields Loop/Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail Junction. 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. While its beauty can often hide much of its dramatic natural and human history, heavy use and abuse are affecting Graveyard Fields. 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 Graveyard Fields area is located 25 miles southwest of Asheville, NC and ranges in elevation from about 5,000' to over 6,200'. 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. By creating an additional safe access at the overlook, use of the area can be better distributed and visitor safety can be improved. At first the surface and grade was pretty much the same as the loop trail.
The area got its name years ago from the tree stumps that. The Yellowstone Prong is the water source for two waterfalls in a mile-high valley filled with wildflowers and surrounded by the 6,000-ft. The next trail junction was where a trail leading to the upper falls was located. Graveyard Fields is a very popular hiking trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 418.8) south of Asheville. 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 passed a trail junction for Graveyard Fields trail which led deeper into the Shining Rock Wilderness toward Tennant Mountain. 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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