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{{Infobox Trail | |||
| Image Name = Roan_High_Bluff_Overlook.jpg | |||
| City = Roan Mountain | |||
| State = Tennessee | |||
| Marking = Yellow | |||
| Trail Use = {{Hike}} {{Dogs}} | |||
| Difficulty Rating = Easy | |||
| Hike Time = 1.5 | |||
| Distance = 2.4 | |||
| Elevation Gain = 110 | |||
| High Point = 6270 | |||
| Latitude = 36.1047 | |||
| Longitude = -82.13061 | |||
| Medical = Bakersville, NC | |||
}} | |||
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== Trail Overview == | == Trail Overview == | ||
<!-- Enter overview of the trail. What attracts you to this trail, points of interest, types of flowers, lakes, and peaks that you see along the way. --> | <!-- Enter overview of the trail. What attracts you to this trail, points of interest, types of flowers, lakes, and peaks that you see along the way. --> | ||
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== Route Description== | == Route Description== | ||
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The yellow-blazed Cloudland Trail (Forest Service Trail 1000) starts at the western end of the parking lot. | The yellow-blazed Cloudland Trail (Forest Service Trail 1000) starts at the western end of the parking lot. Enter the evergreen forest crossing the gravel road twice. At roughly 0.7 miles, there is a picnic area. After 0.9 miles, the trail begins to climb up Roan High Bluff to reach a wood overlook platform with half circle views. | ||
Alternatively, park at the second road crossing to cut the hike to Roan High Bluff overlook to 0.5 mile. | |||
== Typical Conditions == | == Typical Conditions == | ||
<!-- Typical conditions throughout the year of what to expect on the trail. Rocky, muddy, sandy, flowers, lots of downed trees? --> | <!-- Typical conditions throughout the year of what to expect on the trail. Rocky, muddy, sandy, flowers, lots of downed trees? --> | ||
Trail in good condition | Trail in good condition. Weather in the Roans is quite unpredictable. Cooler in the summer, so can be wonderfully clear to being fully enveloped in fog. | ||
Joe DeLoach says to look for Gray’s lilies plus the endangered [http://www.ncnhp.org/Images/115.pdf spreading avens] and [http://www.ncnhp.org/Images/99.pdf Roan bluets] near the rhododendron gardens. | |||
==Fees, Permits, etc. == | ==Fees, Permits, etc. == | ||
<!-- Please list any Fees, Permits, Regulations, etc. that may be required on this trail.--> | <!-- Please list any Fees, Permits, Regulations, etc. that may be required on this trail.--> | ||
Access to the [[Rhododendron Gardens]] is typically limited to mid-May through September with a $3 | Access to the [[Rhododendron Gardens]] is typically limited to mid-May through September with a $3 entrance fee per car. | ||
== After the Hike == | == After the Hike == | ||
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The northern end of the first parking lot was where the Cloudland Hotel, first built in 1877, sat – offering a summer destination to escape the lowland heat. It was closed in 1914. | The northern end of the first parking lot was where the Cloudland Hotel, first built in 1877, sat – offering a summer destination to escape the lowland heat. It was closed in 1914. | ||
Forest Service website for Cloudland Trail [ | Forest Service website for Cloudland Trail [http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTJw8jAwjQL8h2VAQAzHJMsQ!!/?ss=110811&ttype=recarea&recid=48630&actid=63&navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&position=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&navid=110360000000000&pnavid=110000000000000&cid=null&pname=Pisgah+National+Forest+-+Cloudland+Trail+%23+1000] | ||
== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
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< | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.100" lon="-82.136" type="terrain" zoom="15" height="600" scale="yes" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png"> | ||
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Cloudland_Trail.kml | |||
(E) 36.09315,-82.14606 | |||
36. | Roan High Bluff overlook | ||
36. | (G) 36.104285,-82.133195 | ||
Trailhead at parking lot | |||
(F) 36.10506,-82.12222 | |||
36.10506,-82.12222 | Roan High Knob shelter | ||
</ | </googlemap> | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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Image: | Image:placeholder.jpg | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||