Falling Water Cascades to Visitor Center

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11 miles, challenging terrain
27 miles from Roanoke + 2-mile shuttle, $2.50 carpool fee

The trailhead is at Blue Ridge Parkway Mile-83.1, North of VA-43.
This hike will begin at the Falling Water Cascades Parking lot off the Blue Ridge Parkway north of the Peaks of Otter. We will end the hike at the Visitor Center at the Peaks of Otter. The route will follow an old logging road, the Glenwood Horse Trail, a Forest Service Road, a steep bushwhack climb up the north side of Harkening Hill. At that point, we will then follow the Harkening Hill Trail down to the Visitor Center. You will experience a lot of good views in various directions and a route not known by many, if any.