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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
01-01-2011, 11:16
Yes, sounds right. Go slow, I recall it's easy to drive past. Nice place!
Hikerhead
01-01-2011, 12:40
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
01-01-2011, 13:51
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&source=s_d&saddr=N+Carolina+28+S%2FFontana+Rd&daddr=N+Carolina+28+N&geocode=FYFmHAId-nQC-w%3BFWYvHQIdshsA-w&hl=en&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=35.458957,-83.873105&sspn=0.022791,0.045447&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15
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.
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.
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
01-01-2011, 14:30
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.