[RESCHEDULED] Date: Saturday, June 7th

Time: 9 am

Where: Waterrock Knob Visitor Center, Blue Ridge Parkway

Distance: 6 miles (out and back)

Difficulty: Moderately Strenuous (7/10): rugged, rocky terrain with steep elevation change

Cost: FREE for all participants (pre-registration is required)

Celebrate National Trails Day & Land Trust Day with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy by joining us for a moderately strenuous hike to enjoy Blackrock Ridge with views of Thunderstruck Ridge, Waterrock Knob and other 6,000ft peaks! Participants will travel roughly 6 miles over rugged terrain through mystical red spruce, Fraser firs, and red oak forests while periodically stopping at rock outcroppings for awe inspiring views. 

Blackrock Mountain in the Plott Balsam Mountains is part of a network of conservation lands in progress of being added to an expansion of national park land at Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway. In 2013, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased the summit of Blackrock Mountain, with more than 250 surrounding acres. The property adjoins other conservation lands: SAHC’s 60-acre Blackrock Ridge tract (protected in 2010), the Sylva Watershed (protected with a conservation easement held by Mainspring Conservation Trust), and The Nature Conservancy’s Plott-Balsam Preserve. SAHC’s conservation work in this area protects high elevation habitat and pristine headwater streams.