Chestnut Ridge Trail
A short, steep out-and-back from the historic Dave Miller Homestead to an overlook framing the Roan Highlands.
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- Length
- 2.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 511 ft
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route
- out-and-back
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1.8 mi · 452 ft of climbing · high 3,764 ft · low 2,848 ft
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Parking
Miller Farmstead parking; free. The ridge rolls with steep ups and downs despite a modest net gain.
Directions to parkingWeather at the trailhead
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The trail begins at the Miller Farmstead, a 1900s Appalachian homestead on the National Register of Historic Places, and climbs through deciduous forest and rhododendron along Chestnut Ridge. It rolls over a series of steep pitches before reaching an overlook platform that frames the Roan Highlands from Big Hump Mountain to Carvers Gap. This is the lower state-park trail, distinct from the high Roan balds.