{"id":535,"date":"2014-08-03T22:37:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T03:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=535"},"modified":"2014-08-03T22:37:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T03:37:57","slug":"crabtree-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"Crabtree Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Success at last!  (If you&#8217;ve been reading the last few entries..)  There is an actual waterfall picture with this waterfall.   <\/p>\n<p>Crabtree Falls is located on a 2 mile loop accessible from Crabtree Meadows on the Blue Ridge Parkway (near Spruce Pine).   There was once a campground here but it has mysteriously disappeared from all Parkway literature and in fact you&#8217;ll cross through the overgrown remains of it (ghost campground!) on the hike.<br \/>\nFirst though, there&#8217;s an awesome bit of open pasture between the parking area and the campground which is full of milkweed (and thus butterflies) in midsummer.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_butterflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_butterflies.jpg\" alt=\"Milkweed with butterflies\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_butterflies.jpg 500w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_butterflies-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milkweed with butterflies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After that you have several choices.  The trail makes a loop with a couple access points to the campground loops.  Going counter-clockwise to the falls is steep and rocky with a lot of steps and switchbacks, however, it&#8217;s also shorter.   The clockwise route is more gentle and more scenic following several tributaries and then Crabtree Creek down to the falls.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_falls.jpg\" alt=\"Crabtree Falls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-537\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_falls.jpg 500w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ctf_falls-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crabtree Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These falls are easily visible from a bridge as well as access trails on both sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success at last! (If you&#8217;ve been reading the last few entries..) There is an actual waterfall picture with this waterfall. Crabtree Falls is located on a 2 mile loop accessible from Crabtree Meadows on the Blue Ridge Parkway (near Spruce Pine). There was once a campground here but it has mysteriously disappeared from all Parkway &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crabtree Falls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-ridge-parkway","category-hiking","category-waterfalls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}