Cataloochee Valley

Road Trip!!

The Cataloochee – June 2019

8:20 am mile 166830 Leaving from home

10:38 am mile 166943 North Carolina Exit 20, I-40 Entering Cove Creek Rd.

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           1.2 Bear left at GSMNP sign; 10 miles to the Cataloochee Valley

           3.2 Road Narrows

           4.2 Stone Wall

           4.4 Big Foot

           4.6 Gravel begins around the hairpin curve at Boyd Mtn Rd.

           5.2 Commercial Development sign; wide turn-around

           5.7 GSMNP Boundary; Cove Gap; begin descent

           7.5 Pavement begins; go right

           7.8 Scenic overlook

         10.3 Big Creek Fork to Palmer House; Valley begins

         10.7 Campground; Desirable sites 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

         13.5 End of the Valley Rd

Picnic at Beech Grove School

3.25 pm Leaving Big Creek Fork

3:40 pm Park Boundary

3:48 pm Back to pavement

4:02 pm mile 166983; End Cove Creek Rd, Enter I-40

6:10 pm mile 167096; Arrive home

Google photos link

YouTube link: Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbGd8JYl84&t=16s

Google photos Cataloochee Valley album