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Walnut Cove Overlook - elev. 2915' (Milepost 396.0)

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Overlook Description

Black Walnut trees, although sparse among the other mountain hardwoods, are found in abundance in the aptly named Walnut Cove. Mountain Black Walnut was important to the locals to make furniture and gunstocks as well as for dye still used by present day crafters.
 

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101 Flat Creek Rd
Black Mountain, NC  28711
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Asheville, NC  28805
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206 Mitchell Dr
Hendersonville, NC  28792
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Quality Inn N Sts Biltmore E
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Fox Run Resort
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Lake Lure, NC  28746
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Days Inn Hendersonville
102 Mitchell Drive
Hendersonville, NC  28793
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Overlook description text adapted from selected works by Menasha Ridge Press.

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