Links To Other Websites With Information About
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
and
Other Locations We Will Visit During This Field Class
Cumberland Gap National Historic
Park
This is where we will camp the first night. On the morning of the second day,
we will stop at the visitors center,then drive to the Pinnacles Overlook.
In addition to encountering some interesting plants, we will see why this
was an important location in the westward expansion of the USA, as well as
during the Civil War.
Mt. Rogers National Recreation
Area
This is the region where we will spend most of our time and concentrate most
of our studies.
Back Country Photo Gallery
Photos from Mt. Rogers area.
Damascus Virginia Bike Pages
This is a commercial webpage extolling the virtues of bike
riding on the Virginia Creeper Trail. This trail is a
converted railroad bed and a place we will hike.
Whitetop Opportunity
Area Analysis
This is an inflamatory letter written in response to a
proposal for development within the Mt. Rogers National
Recreation Area.
The Virginians For Wilderness
Homepage
A small group dedicated to wilderness protection. Piedmont Appalachian Trail
Hikers Homepage for the hiking club which maintains a lot of the Appalachian
Trail and connecting trails in SE Virginia.
Appalachian Trail Conference Homepage
This is the homepage for the organization which oversees all
aspects of trail maintainence and construction in
addition to being the source of much information about the trail.
Piedmont Appalachians Hiking Club
Dan Graybeal's Mount Rogers
Page
The Trees of Mt Mitchell
Lewis
Fork Wilderness
One of two designated wilderness areas within MRNRA