Stone Mountain State Park

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#BFBF00" TEXT="#080000" background="03f55663.gif"> <div> <B>Location:</B></div> <div> <B>Stone Mountain State Park is located between Sparta and Elkins, North Carolina just off U.S. 21.  In the western foothills just east of the Blue Ridge in Northwestern North Carolina near the Virginia border.</B></div> <div> <B>This State Park is the largest of the State Parks in NC.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CCCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#666633" FACE="Arial" >The Trails of Western North Carolina</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Trails of Western North Carolina"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pisgah Ranger District"><U>Pisgah Ranger District</U></A>   |   <B>Stone Mountain State Park</B>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="South Mountains State Park"><U>South Mountains State Park</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Smoky Mountain National Park"><U>Great Smoky Mountain National Park</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Mountain Range"><U>Black Mountain Range</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links Page"><U>Links Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appalachian Photo Gallery"><U>Appalachian Photo Gallery</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04ef0030.gif" border=0 width="496" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Stone Mountain State Park</B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11829860.jpg" border=0 width="553" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Stone Mtn., as seen from the Loop Trail</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Stone Mountain State Park is loaded with 'goodies' for the hiker!  Great views, Waterfalls, Cliffs and old Homestead.   The Stone Mtn., loop trail takes you climbing over the rock cliffs  (this trail is quite steep but you can do it with just a good pair of hiking boots.  The trail is </B></I><I><B>strenuous</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT><I><B> even though it is only about 4 1/2 miles long).  Trail maps and info are available in the Park.  The loop trail crosses the entire length of the mountain as seen above.</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11ae4300.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="304" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>My Sister nearing the Summit</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11c52fd0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Northwestern view from Summit</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11e1e7d0.jpg" border=0 width="286" height="381" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>200 foot Stone Mountain Falls</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>All Photos taken October 3, 2001</B></I></div> <bR> <div>   <form method= "post" action="http://www.weather.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/zip_city_search.cgi?par=trellix&site=magnet&code=378666&promo=english"> <table> <tr><td> <font face="arial,helvetica" color="#004371" size="2">    Enter a City or US Zip: </font> </td><td> <input type="text" name="destination" size=8 value="">  <input type="image" src="http://image.weather.com/pics/button_go.gif" width="26" height="23" border="0" alt="go!" value="Go City"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan=2> <a href="http://oap.weather.com/fcgi-bin/oap/redirect_magnet?loc_id=USNC0747&par=trellix&site=magnet&code=378666&promo=english"> <img border=1 width=270 height=140 SRC="http://oap.weather.com/fcgi-bin/oap/generate_magnet?loc_id=USNC0747&code=378666"></a> </td></tr> </table></form>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>