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High Knob Tower Trail George Washington National Forest

Views from inside the High Knob Fire Tower's observation deck.

View from the High Knob Fire Tower

Inside the High Knob fire tower.  Mind your step. Lots of bat guano. Joining Skywatch Friday .

Decidedly rockier near the summit. With various kinds of vegetation trying to hang on in what can be, I think, a pretty harsh environment. H...

T he High Knob Tower Trail in the George Washington National Forest borders private property in places.

There often comes a moment when you're hiking summit trails when you begin to wonder how much farther you will have to hike to reach the...

High Knob Tower Trail George Washington National Forest

 High Knob Tower Trail George Washington National Forest

The High Knob Tower Trail , part of the Great Eastern Trail , lies west of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on the border with West Virginia and in t...

I found going down the Hightop Mountain Trail as interesting as going up.

Hightop Mountain summit (3,587 ft/1,093m) Shenandoah National Park  

Nearing the summit of Hightop Mountain here, with just a peek at the view beyond. 

Hightop Mountain Trail Shenandoah National Park

  Hightop Mountain Trail Shenandoah National Park

Hightop Mountain Trail Shenandoah National Park  

Hightop Mountain Trail Shenandoah National Park "In spring and summer, the small blue and yellow flowers of bluets or Quaker ladies ( H...

I guess you probably already know that our mountains in Virginia are old. I mean, REALLY old, to the tune of millions and millions of years ...

It's been too long. I realized that as soon as I stepped out of my car onto the Hightop Mountain Parking Area in Shenandoah National Par...