Twenty Mile Ranger station

[10-K]

Directions: Looks like you go by The Hike Inn for 4-5 miles and will go right by 20 Mile Ranger station.

Sound right?

[Hikes in Rain]

Yes, sounds right. Go slow, I recall it's easy to drive past. Nice place!

[Hikerhead]

Half way between Fontana Dam and Deals Gap/The Dragon. It's where the road takes a sharp turn going around a cove in the lake.

[SGT Rock]

Actually it is about 8 miles from the Hike Inn to Fontana, and then Twentymile is about 6 more miles past Fontana Village - so about 14.5 miles total from the Hike Inn to Twentymile.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...=UTF8&t=h&z=15

[TheChop]

Don't expect anything from the station. Seems it's used more as an occasional base of operations than a public station. The facilities are sparse.

[10-K]

Don't expect anything from the station. Seems it's used more as an occasional base of operations than a public station. The facilities are sparse.

I'm just looking for a good spot to get dropped off and get on the BMT.

From what I understand I can get a backcountry permit there too.

[Bearpaw]

I'm just looking for a good spot to get dropped off and get on the BMT.

From what I understand I can get a backcountry permit there too.

Yes, you can do this. Hooch and I got our permit for 3 days on the BMT back in November.

[SGT Rock]

Yes, you can permit from there. There is a phone on the outside of the station that can only call park numbers, but that includes back-country reservations office.