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Cold Prong Pond Overlook - elev. 3580' (Milepost 298.9)

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Overlook Description

This overlook doesn't offer much of a long range vista, but there is a trailhead that makes for a short, easy hike to Cold Prong Pond. If you continue on the trail, it leads to the Tanawha Trail. The Tanawha Trail is a foot trail that connects Beacon Heights and Price Lake.
 

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Blue Ridge Parkway GuidebooksExcerpt adaptations from Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 1 (by William G. Lord), Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 2 (by William G. Lord), Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway - 3rd Edition (by Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, and Nicole Blouin). Copyright 1981 by the American Chestnut Foundation. Reprint by permission of Menasha Ridge Press.
 
 

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