Craggy Gardens Picnic Area
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Why pick this one
Craggy Gardens Picnic Area combines a visitor center and picnic area with Craggy Pinnacle’s 5,892-foot summit and 360-degree views.
Best for
- Visitors seeking high-elevation rhododendron blooms
- Short hikes to panoramic Blue Ridge Mountain views
- Picnicking along the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Hikers seeking access to Douglas Creek Falls
- Nature walks through wildflowers, blueberries, and heath balds
Specialties
- Craggy Gardens Trail
- Craggy Pinnacle Trail
- Douglas Falls Trail access
- High-elevation rhododendron and heath bald viewing
What makes them different
- Located between Blue Ridge Parkway mileposts 364 and 367
- Craggy Pinnacle Trail reaches a 5,892-foot summit with a 360-degree view
- Craggy Gardens features mid-June pink and purple Catawba rhododendron blooms
- Douglas Creek Falls is a 70-foot waterfall reached by a 7.2-mile round-trip hike
- Craggy Gardens Trail includes a CCC-built picnic shelter from the 1930s
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Parking lot, 3676 Blue Ridge Pkwy, Buncombe County, NC 28709
- Website
- http://www.cnyhiking.com/BRP-CraggyGardens.htm
- contact@cnyhiking.com
Services
- Picnic area
- Visitor center
- Hiking trails
- Scenic overlooks
- Nature trail
- Waterfall access