The first settlement of present-day Winston-Salem began in an abandoned trapper’s cabin 20 years before the American Revolution at the site of Historic Bethabara Park, which commemorates the Bethabara settlement of 1753. Most of the park is populated with the…
Piedmont
Hikes in the Piedmont region of North Carolina – east of the mountains, west of the coast.
Latest hike: Moore’s Knob, Hanging Rock State Park
by tom • October 25, 2009 • 7 Comments
The great thing about getting lost on the way here three weeks ago and having to turn back: returning when fall colors are going full-blast. This is where your intrepid hiking blogger is forced to admit that he hasn’t done…
Sauratown Loop Trail: Not bad for a wrong turn
by tom • October 4, 2009 • 2 Comments
I had some exploring at Hanging Rock State Park in mind — the goal was to park at a remote trailhead and trek over to the Moore’s Wall Loop, which has an excellent view of Hanging Rock from the next…
Waterfalls of Hanging Rock State Park
by tom • September 20, 2009 • 3 Comments
Funny what happens when you show up at a popular state park when it’s not a holiday weekend: no weddings, no crowds, only one pack of noisy Cub Scouts on a camp-out. All of this (plus the weather forecast predicting…
First hike at Hanging Rock
by tom • September 6, 2009 • 5 Comments
There’s only one major exception to the gently undulating terrain near Winston-Salem: The Sauratown Mountains, a small range about 30 miles northwest of here. Centerpiece of these neighboring peaks is Hanging Rock State Park, so named because of large rock…
First hike to the Nipple of North Carolina
by tom • August 29, 2009 • 11 Comments
Pilot Mountain is the real name that inspired the town next door on The Andy Griffith Show (Andy’s hometown is Mount Airy, which got Hollywoodized to “Mayberry”; presumably Andy approved it to protect the identities of Otis the Town Drunk…