PANTHERTOWN CREEK (VIA SALT ROCK GAP)
Nantahala National Forest
Highlands Ranger District
2010 Flat Mountain Rd,
Highlands, N.C. 28741
(828) 526-3765
Panthertown Valley is located in western North Carolina and has 6,295 acres of protected public land in the Nantahala National Forest. Panthertown lies on the eastern continental divide in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and is occasionally referred to as “the Yosemite of the East” for the it’s deep gorges, broad valleys, mountain bogs and granitic rock domes, tranquil creeks and plunging waterfalls.
This hike to Panthertown Creek begins at Breedlove Road (Salt Rock Gap) and decends along a combination of Forest Roads and hiking trails onto the main corridor trail for Panthertown Valley. Panthertown Creek runs between the two main trailheads at Salt Rock and Cold Mountain Gap.
Backpacker Magazine
Outside Magazine- click to see trail photos from this hike to Panthertown Valley: July 13, 2003 (password required)
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