Balsam Gap Overlook - elev. 5320' (Milepost 359.0)

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	Balsam Gap Overlook - elev. 5320' (Milepost 359.0)

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Overlook Description

The area resembles a more northern forest with red spruce and Fraser fir standing high above the land. The Balsam Gap is where the Black Mountains and the Great Craggies connect.

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Excerpt 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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