There are hikes you do once and forget, and then there’s the Graveyard Fields Loop Trail near Canton, North Carolina, which has a way of living in your memory long after your legs have recovered.
This 2.9-mile loop along the Blue Ridge Parkway sits at 5,120 feet, delivers two waterfalls, drops you into a genuine ravine, and sends you home with the kind of satisfaction that’s genuinely hard to manufacture any other way.
First things first.
The name “Graveyard Fields” is going to raise some questions, and those questions deserve honest answers…