Today's journey took us on a nice walk in the woods. The "payoff" wasn't quite what I had hoped, but it was still an enjoyable walk through the woods and we didn't encounter another soul. From the Miller Cove parking area on the Appalachian Trail, (37.390512602, -80.1963488276) we headed on AT Northbound (across the street from the parking offshoot and over wooden bridge over the creek). We walked until we reached the overlook/viewpoint shown in the photos below (~2 miles in). Note - the first two viewpoints noted on the below map are just relatively clear areas, but not exactly viewpoints. We missed them on the way up since we were expecting something more dramatic.
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| Screenshot from the AT conservancy interactive map showing our route. This is ~2 miles each way, so ~4 miles total. |
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| Casey at the overlook (viewpoint 3 on map above) |
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| One of the cleared areas off the side of the AT. As you can see, it's pretty, but not exactly a viewpoint (I assume this is viewpoint 1 marked on the map above). |
