TN/NC Section 17 Pictures - Milemarker 0.0 - 4.2

Water Rock Knob - View to West

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Taken from Water Rock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway this pic shows the AT route from Clingman's Dome, Newfound Gap, Mt. Leconte, the Sawteeth all the way to Laurel Top.
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mm 0.9 Davenport Gap Shelter
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Parking at Big Creek Ranger Station. This provides far safer parking than Davenport Gap. From here one may walk up roads to Davenport Gap (mm 0.0) at the north end of Section 17 and south end of Section 16. Alternatively one may follow the Chestnut Branch Trail for two miles to the AT at mm 1.9 of Section 17.
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mm 1.9 Junction with the Chestnut Branch Trail. This may be followed 2 miles down to the Big Creek Ranger Station.
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Mountain Laurel along the trail . Taken at approx. mm 2.2
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mm 2.8 Junction with the Lower Mt Cammerer Trail.
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mm 4.2 View to the west on an unfortunately very hazy day.
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mm 4.2 Early Morning vista west toward Hartford, TN. GPS N35.7650 W83.1569
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