Grayson Highlands State Park is a state park located in Grayson County, Virginia, United States. The hotel is adjacent to the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and is located within the Jefferson National Forest. The park was founded in 1965 and contains a total of 4,502 hectares (1,822 hectares). The park has a number of outdoor activities including hiking, camping, mountain biking, horseback riding, and backpacking. A 2.8 mile (4.5 km) part of the Appalachian Trail runs through the park next to a number of hiking trails and other horseback riding. The state park is musically famous as home to the Grayson Highlands Autumn Festival as well as weekly sessions by local local musicians, who take advantage of the traditional style of the Blue Ridge region. The park is also home to the Wayne C. Henderson and Guitar Competition Festival, an important regional guitarist festival and contest named after the famous local guitarist Wayne Henderson.
The park also has a campground cabin shop with sweets and ice cream in it.
The park has a forest like the one on nearby Mount Rogers, as well as a number of mountain or bale meadows. The meadows provide excellent views of the surrounding area and present striking changes in scenery from the surrounding forests. The marinade is dominated by a large outcrop of clean rocks from vegetation except for occasional windy trees and low grasses.
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Ponies Edit
The spice inhabited by a group of introduced horses was allowed to walk wild within the park boundaries. The ponies are very familiar with humans and seldom stop grazing them as passers-by pass by closely. Many locals touch and feed the horses, although this practice is disliked and contrary to park policy. Every year, park officers collect flocks and check health problems in addition to reducing herd size if necessary; excess colts are sold at auction.
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Festival Edit
The Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition are held in the park every June. The festival, named for local musicians and luthier Wayne C. Henderson, features long-time music and bluegrass music.
The Grayson Highlands Fall Festival is an annual event held in the park during the fall. The festival hosts a variety of entertainment including live bluegrass and traditional music, molasses making, and demonstrations that focus on life-pioneers. The festival is also a place for local craft exhibitions and auctions for the sale of an excessive stallion from a herd of "wild horses" run by the Wilburn Ridge Pony Association.
Trajectory Edit
Ascent path Edit
- Rhododendron Trail: 1.0 mile (1.6 km)
- Cabin Creek Trail: 1.9 mi (3.1 km) loop
- Big Pinnacle Trail: 0.4 miles (0.6 km)
- Twin Pinnacles Trail: 1.6 miles (2.6 km)
- Listen to Rock Trail: loop 2.0 miles (3.2 km)
- Wilson Creek Trail: 2.8 miles (2.9 km)
- Stampers Branch Trail: 2.0 miles (3.2 km)
- Rock House Ridge Trail: 1.2-mile (1.9 km) loop.
- Appalachian Trail: 2.8 miles (4.5 km)
- Equestrian Line (east): 2.7 miles (2.7 km)
- Horse Trail (north): 1.0 mile (1.6 km)
- Orchard Road Seed: 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
- Old Upchurch Road: 3.7 (6.0 km)
- Service Road: 0.5 miles (0.8 km)
- Appalachian Spur Trail: 0.75 miles (1.2 km)
- Wilburn Branch Trail: 0.8 miles (1.3 km)
Horse riding path Edit
- Horse Trail (east): 2.7 miles (2.7 km)
- Horse Trail (north): 1.0 mile (1.6 km)
- Orchard Road Seed: 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
- Old Upchurch Road: 3.7 miles (6.0 km)
Nearby state parks Edit
The following state parks are 30 miles (48 km) from Grayson Highlands State Park:
- Elk Knob State Park, North Carolina
- New River State Park, North Carolina
- Jefferson State Nature Area, North Carolina
- Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina
References Edit
- Fussell, Fred C. (2003). Blue Ridge Music Path: Finding Places in the Circle . North Carolina Folklife Institute. 080785459X.
External links Edit
- http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/grayson-highlands.shtml
- http://sherpaguides.com/virginia/mountains/blue_ridge/grayson_highlands.html
- http://hikingthecarolinas.com/Mt Rogers1.php
- http://www.ghfallfestival.50megs.com/
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