Monday, July 24, 2017

Wagon Road Gap to Pounding Mill Overlook - Blue Ridge Parkway


I returned to the Blue Ridge Parkway in July 2017 and drove south from mile 411.8 at Wagon Road Gap. US 276 crosses the parkway at the gap. Just a few hundred feet south at mile 411.9 is the View Cold Mountain overlook.

Cold Mountain (6030' at 4.6 miles)

East Fork Pigeon River valley

My next stop was the Pounding Mill Overlook at mile 413.2. Located on a long curve on the parkway, there is a 180° view centered on the southeast.

Looking Glass Rock due south (3969' 3.7 miles)

View northeast of Fryingpan Mountain with tower (5320' at 2.7 miles) and Big Bald (5280' at 3.3 miles)

Entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway is free.

The parkway website is https://www.nps.gov/blri.

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