Waterfalls 1 - North Carolina - Day 3 - Pisgah Loop to Brevard

 

Take Hwy 110 to 215 south to Blue Ridge Pkwy (east) – will be sort of a U turn and the 276 south – take right -  to get to Brevard (Forest heritage scenic byway – 276 – Pisgah HWY)

https://www.romanticasheville.com/forest_heritage_scenic_byway.htm

Little Bird Falls - There's 2 pulloffs next to a guardrail that's on the opposite side of the road from the river. A short climb up and maybe 5 minute walk leads to this lovely waterfall! Could not find.

Sunburst Falls – 10 mins round trip. I think we managed to see this from the road. Did not see the bridge.

Sunburst Falls

Wildcat falls – turn right into a gravel drive marked with a small sign that says BR1. About 1 hour hike. There were two waterfalls on this route. I think because of low water, they were not all that impressive. Just be careful here, there were two places where one has to walk in the water to continue the hike.

Turn east (left) into Blue Ridge parkway. Drove on the parkway for a while.

Graveyard Fields (mi marker 418.8) - not much to see here even though it seems like a tourist spot. 

Skinny Dip falls - at Milepost 417 at Looking Glass Overlook) – about 2 miles RT. I am not sure if these exist or not anymore but we completely missed them! Maybe they should not be skinny - hehe.

Take Pisgah Hwy (276) east – kind of a U turn.

Pink Beds – picnic area. Just a nice place to have a picnic.

Sliding rock falls after 7.5 miles of entering 276. Popular on weekends $4. This was fun! Definitely should go during the week when there is less crowd. It was weekend for us and it was busy!! 

Sliding Rock Falls

These falls led to the stream which was quite pretty. It was following the road so we stopped to take some photos...really pretty and I think quite pretty falls too!

Moore Cove Falls - About a 1 mile hike into the forest. The falls were not so great - I would skip it...

Moore Cove Falls

Looking glass falls – quite pretty and can be seen from the roadside. One can walk right by them, only a few hundred meters from the road.

And that was the first day of waterfalls!! We continued on 276 to Brevard, turn right on 64 S to hotel.