Museum of North Carolina Minerals ~ Mile post 331 on Blue Bridge Parkway at Spruce Pine
Sophie (age 13) at museum sign ~ Click on photo for larger image.	Outdoor mineral exhibit ~ Rock 1	Rock 2
On the Parkway
Three Knobs Overlook sign Elevation 3875'	View	Yellow wildflowers at Three Knobs Overlook
View from Singecat Ridge Overlook Elevation 3406'	Drift of daisy fleabane	Daisy fleabane at Singecat Ridge Overlook
Mt. Mitchell State Park
Sophie at the highest point east of the Mississippi River ~ Elevation 6684'	Sophie & Anne	View from tower ~ Click on photo for larger image.
View from tower ~ Click on photo for larger image.	View of parking lot from tower	More rocks! Don't fall off! Click on photo for larger image.
Big rock on the Balsam Nature Trail Click on photo for larger image.	Follow the blazes & don't get lost.	Sophie on the Balsam Nature Trail Click on photo for larger image.
Back on the Parkway
Sophie in a cloud at Craggy Gardens Elevation 5500'	Parking lot at Craggy Gardens	Craggy Gardens Visitor Center ~ MP 364
Overlook sign ~ Elevation 3483 Click on photo for larger image.	View from Bull Creek Valley Overlook	Another view of the valley
Overlook sign ~ Elevation 2720 Click on photo for larger image.	View from Haw Creek Valley Overlook	Wood sorrel at Haw Creek Valley Overlook Click on photo for larger image.

For More Information

Blue Ridge Natural Heritage Area ~ Museum of North Carolina Minerals
Spruce Pine Information about Museum of North Carolina Minerals
Blue Ridge Parkway

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Photos in header: Niagara Falls; Big Sur, CA; Golden Gate Bridge, CA; Sunset on the Baltic Sea;
Virginia Creeper Trail, VA; Emerald Lake, Yukon, Canada; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Sunset on the Pacific; Triple Falls at DuPont Forest, NC.
Header Photo Credits: All Anne S. Napier except Niagara Falls by Herman Stubblefield.

Photos by Anne S. Napier
Updated May 10, 2013