Take in the view on Purchase Knob hike
A hike taking in the views from Purchase Knob in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well as the secret hideaways of The Swag Country Inn’s Nature Trail will show off autumn’s best on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
The Friends of the Smokies hike, led by hiking guide and author Danny Bernstein, will begin at 5,086-foot Purchase Knob in Haywood County and from there travel 7.5 miles with 1,500 feet of elevation gain. Hikers will learn from a park ranger about the scientific work being done at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center, where the hike starts, and they’ll also visit The Swag’s Nature Trail, a 2-mile loop that includes a swinging bridge, working waterwheel and hidden pond that will serve as a lunch spot.
$10 for Friends of the Smokies members; $35 for non-members with one-year membership included. Proceeds benefit the Smokies Trails Forever program, which funds rehabilitation of the park’s premier trails.
Register by 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at www.friendsofthesmokies.org/events/.
