Chestnut Cove Overlook is located at Chestnut Gap at mile marker 398.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The overlook offers a parking area with trail access and a viewing area for Chestnut Cove resting almost 1,000 feet below.

Matthew

September 17, 2023

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You can see a few peaks through a window of trees, but a lot of the overlook is now overgrown. It gets its name from the Chestnut trees that used to cover this mountainside, but a fungus took out the species in the early 1900s. There are still a lot of trees here, but the Chestnut does not grow here anymore.

Matthew

September 17, 2023

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1. Chestnut Cove & Sleepy Gap Trail loop — Pisgah National Forest

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2. Shut-In Trail: North to South to Little Pisgah Mountain — Pisgah National Forest

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3. Chestnut Cove Overlook loop from Sleepy Gap Parking

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Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States

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1. Chestnut Cove & Sleepy Gap Trail loop — Pisgah National Forest

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