Greenstone Self-Guiding Trail
Posted by Chris | Filed under Blue Ridge Parkway, State Parks, Trail Information
Description: The twenty-minute self-guiding loop trail will help you learn about the geology of the northern Blue Ridge and see how mountaineers used their most abundant resource – rock – to wrest a living from harsh surroundings.
Total Distance: 0.2 miles
Location/Directions: brites Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 8.8
Difficulty: Easy
Maps: No parkway map available; USGS Sherando
The Hike: This engagingly educational self-guiding interpretive trail will simultaneously explain the natural setting and alerts you to the telltale signs of human habitation that are a stirring subtext to the Parkway experience.
