ASHEVILLE - Considerable swaths of the Pisgah National Forest will be closed to recreation from April 13 until Aug. 13, according to a press release from the Forest Service.
Visitors won’t be allowed to use an extensive list of roads and trails, enter a developed recreation sites (including campgrounds and picnic areas) or camp in the Pisgah National Forest for four months.
Closure highlights include Looking Glass Rock, Mt. Pisgah, Max Patch, Graveyard Fields, Catawba Falls, Mountains to Sea and the Art Loeb Trail.
The Forest Service said in its release, it was initiating the closures to be “in alignment with current federal, state and local guidance for social distancing and to ensure health and safety of its employees, visitors and volunteers.”
Trail Closures
Pisgah Ranger District
Ivestor Gap (101)
Daniel Ridge Loop (105)
Looking Glass Rock (114)
Slick Rock Falls (117)
Cat Gap (120)
North Face (132)
Art Loeb – Davidson River to Joel Branch FSR5002 (146)
Art Loeb – Black Balsam Road FSR816 to Camp Daniel Boone (146)
Moore Cove (318)
Campground Connector (329)
Mt. Pisgah (355)
Graveyard Ridge (356)
Graveyard Ridge (356A)
Graveyard Fields (358)
Upper Falls (358A)
MST Access (358B)
Shining Creek (363)
John Rock (365)
Rainbow Falls (499)
Sunwall (601)
Hardtimes Gap (661)
Deer Lake Lodge and FSR491 (661)
Appalachian Ranger District
Big Butt (161)
Douglas Falls (162)
Walker Creek (165)
Elk Pen (166)
Snowball (170)
Upper Corner Rock (173)
Little Andy (174)
Perkins (175)
Bear Pen (176)
Black Mountain Crest (179)
Green Knob (182)
Stair Creek (183)
Laurel Gap (184)
Mount Mitchell (190)
Buncombe Horse (191)
Big Tom Gap (191A)
Roaring Fork Falls (195)
Setrock (197)
River Loop (200)
Fork Ridge (285)
Jerry Miller (286)
Green Ridge (287)
Hickey Fork (292)
Whiteoak (293)
Roundtop Ridge (295)
Shutin Creek (296)
Cherry Creek (300)
Cold Springs Horse (302)
Buckeye Ridge Horse (304)
Max Patch Loop (306)
Lover’s Leap (308)
Overmountain Victory Trail, from Roaring Creek to AT (308A)
Pump Gap Loop (309)
Laurel River (310)
Groundhog Creek (315)
Mountains to Sea (440)
Hemlock (1003)
Briar Bottom (1006)
Elk Falls
Grandfather Ranger District
Brown Mountain 1A (BM1A)
Brown Mountain 1B (BM1B)
Elliot Deer (BM2)
Sullivan’s Pass (BM3)
Kirby’s Loop (BM4)
Ned’s Knob (BM5)
Miller Circle (BM6)
Richard’s Bypass (BM7)
Brown Mountain 8 (BM8)
Brown Mountain 9 (BM9)
Brown Mountain 10 (BM10)
Falls Branch (214)
Catawba Falls (225)
Spence Ridge (233)
Shortoff (235)
Little Table Rock (236)
Table Rock Summit (242)
Table Rock Gap (243)
Hawksbill (248)
Linville Falls Access
Upper Creek (268B)
Recreation site closures
Pisgah Ranger District
Art Loeb Trailhead, Camp Daniel Boone
Art Loeb Trailhead, Davidson River
Art Loeb Trailhead, FSR816 Black Balsam
Avery Creek Roadside Campsites
Black Balsam Trailhead
Buckhorn Gap Shelter
Butter Gap Shelter
Campground Connector Trailhead
Cat Gap Trailhead
Cathy Creek Roadside Campsites
Coon Tree Picnic Area
Courthouse Falls Roadside Camping
Cove Creek Group Campground
Cradle of Forestry in America
Daniel Ridge Trailhead
Davidson River Campground
Deep Gap Shelter
Hardtimes Trailhead
Headwaters Roadside Campsites
Hendersonville Reservoir Road Roadside Campsites
Kuykendall Group Camp
Lake Powhatan Campground
Lake Powhatan Picnic Area
Lake Powhatan Swim Area
Ledford Branch Trailhead
Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
Looking Glass Falls
Looking Glass Falls Picnic Area
Looking Glass Rock Trailhead
Moore Cove Trailhead
North Face Trailhead
North Mills River Campground
North Mills River Picnic Area
Pink Beds Picnic Area
Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education
Pisgah Ranger Station Visitor Center
Rice Pinnacle Trailhead
Shining Creek Trailhead
Slick Rock Falls Trailhead
Sliding Rock Recreation Area
Stony Fork Picnic Area
Sunburst Campground
Sunburst Picnic Area
Sunwall Trailhead
Sycamore Flats
Upper Cove Creek Roadside Campsites
US276 Picnic Areas
Wash Creek Horse Camp
Wash Creek Roadside Campsites
White Pines Group Camp
Wolf Ford Horse Camp
Yellow Gap roadside campsites
Appalachian Ranger District
AT Deer Park Shelter
AT Flint Mountain Shelter
AT Groundhog Creek Shelter
AT Hogback Ridge Shelter
AT Hot Springs Trailhead
AT Jerry Cabin Shelter
AT Little Laurel Shelter
AT Overmountain Shelter
AT Overmountain Victory Trailhead
AT Roaring Fork Shelter
AT Spivey Gap Trailhead
AT Stan Murray Shelter
Big Butt Trailhead
Black Mountain Campground
Briar Bottom Group Camp
Buncombe Horse Trailhead
Carolina Hemlocks Campground
Carolina Hemlocks Picnic Area
Carolina Hemlocks Trailhead
Corner Rock Trailhead/Big Ivy parking
Douglas Falls Trailhead
Elk River Falls Trailhead
Fork Ridge Trailhead
Harmon Den Horse Camp
Hickey Fork Trailhead
Laurel River Trailhead
Max Patch Pond
Max Path Trailhead
Murray Branch Picnic Area
Poplar Boat Launch
Roan Mountain
Rocky Bluff Campground
Shinbone Trailhead
Shope Creek Parking Area
Silvermine Trailhead
South Toe Trailhead (Mt. Mitchell Trailhead)
Stackhouse Boat Launch
Walker Creek Trailhead
Grandfather Ranger District
Boone Fork Pond
Brown Mountain OHV Trailhead
Brown Mountain Roadside Campsites
Catawba Falls Trailhead
Curtis Creek Campground
Curtis Creek Roadside Campsites
Hawksbill Trailhead
Linville Falls Trailhead
Linville Gorge Cabin
Mortimer Campground
Mortimer Picnic Area
Spence Ridge Trailhead
Tablerock Picnic Area and Trailhead
Toms Creek Falls Trailhead
Upper Creek Falls Trailhead
Wilson Creek Day Use Area (as indicated on map)
Wolfpit Trailhead
Road closures
The following roads are closed in the Pisgah Ranger District: Lickstone Road (97), Courthouse Creek Road (140), Pilot Mountain Road (229), Headwaters Road (475B), Avery Creek Road (477), Bent Creek Road (479), Powhatan Access Road (481), Black Balsam Road (816), Yellow Gap Road (1206) and Wash Creek Road (5000).
In the Appalachian Ranger District: Stony Fork Road (63), Hawksbill Creek Road (63A), Big Ivy Road, FS Road (74), South Toe River Road, (472A) and Neals Creek Road (2074).
In the Grandfather Ranger District: Table Rock Road (99), Mortimer R.A. Road (116), Chestnut Mountain Road (198), Steeles Creek Road (228), Brown Mountain Road (299), Marks Mountain (451), Old Fort Road (460), Lost Cove Road (464A), Curtis Creek Road (482), New Gingercake Road (496), Mortimer Piedmont Road (982), Boone Fork Road (2055), Carroll Creek Road (4096) and Pearcy Creek Road (4101).
Elizabeth Anne Brown is the trending news reporter for the Citizen Times. Reach her at eabrown@citizentimes.com, or follow her on Twitter @eabrown18.
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