High Rocks Vista

Beautiful hike! Stay away from the orange trail if you want to avoid steep paths and downed trees across the trail. If you want great views of the river though, I think you should take the chance and explore the orange trail anyway 😃

My son and I decided to do a quick hike while in the area, and we weren't disappointed. The trails were fairly well-maintained with decent blazing, though it is not intuitive how the upper and lower trails connect. The vistas are certainly better fall through early spring as once the forest leafs out, it would be a challenge to appreciate the height and ruggedness of the shale cliffs that occupy this area. We noted several memorials to fallen climbers. Apparently, the area is quite dangerous, and people do meet their end here rather frequently. Stay on the trails, and you'll be fine. Stray onto the cliffs, and you better have proper functioning climbing gear. The shale breaks easily, and you will slip at some point. There were a number of blooming forest flowers that were fun to identify.

Nice trails but limited parking in the lot. Really liked the white trail that crosses the road. It descends to the creek then back up and around (or the other way depending on direction). The trail is well worn and was mostly dry even with recent rain in the late winter.

I really enjoyed this hike on a weekday. I came here rather early on a fall day due to limited parking. I would not come here in the dead of heat as there are a lot of animals like snakes that tend to stay in the area during the summer. There are not paved trails but there our other trails that you can explore, and you get a really good view once you hit the top of the entire range of forest. It was nice. You could see Hawks in the sky. You'll also get a wide variety of hills from steep to not I really enjoyed this hike on a weekday. There is an observation deck as well to take in the scene.

It was a great experience to walk in such a beautiful place. Its located on high mountains you can rock climbing here. Very pretty, but muddy.