Blue Ridge Parkway · North Carolina, Virginia

Tanawha Trail

12 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,100 ft of climbing · 2,400 ft of descent · 3,461 ft–4,677 ft · trail class Developed · hiking

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4,340 ft 3,485 ft · 8.1 mi high 4,442 ft

Along the way Linn Cove Viaduct Stack Rock Creek Bridge Underground Stream Bridge Coffey Cemetery Boulder Field Overlook Calloway Peak Overlook Pilot Ridge Overlook Rough Ridge Overlook Stack Rock Parking Area Yonahlossee Overlook

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.