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#Stunday
Above the clouds
#atthetop #Grandfathermountain #nature #justbreathe
From middle left to lower right of the picture are fir trees along a mountain in silhouette dropping in a diagonal left to right. Clouds are below the level of the viewer in a thick mass of clouds. The yellow sun shines in a pleasant blue sky above the blanket of clouds. The view is unusual as the clouds are fog lower on the mountain, but the sky is pleasant and calm above.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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#Stunday

#LinnvillePeak #GrandfatherMountain #clouds #nature #mountains
Late afternoon sun silhouettes visitors at the top of Linville Peak on Grandfather Mountain. Thick rolling clouds form a blanket over the lower scenery and form a towering cloud wall moving towards the viewer. Pleasant blue sky and yellow sunlight are above the clouds. Dark fir trees and bare branches are in the foreground.
December 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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The Blue Ridge Mts!

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December 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Cragway Trail
Probably my favorite trail on Grandfather Mountain. Very steep but short. The higher you go the better the view gets.
#photography #landscape #BlueRidge #GrandfatherMountain
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Grandfather Mountain Phone Wallpaper
This is one of the bluffs on Grandfather Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Home to the annual Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend (see www.grandfather.com).
#photography #landscape #BlueRidge #GrandfatherMountain
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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It’s #NationalHikingDay and here’s a scenic view overlooking the mountains. Photo taken from atop a rock outcropping, Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, summer months.
A view overlooking the North Carolina mountains. Some evergreen trees and a rock outcropping are in the foreground. A partly cloudy sky during the summer months. nature grandfathermountain blueridgemountains northcarolina wnc
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Grandfather Mountain looks mighty cold today ❄️🏔️
Winter’s arrived at the summit while autumn lingers below. That frosted peak is calling.
📸 Rebecca Calhoun
#GrandfatherMountain #NCMountains #HighCountry
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Synchronous Fire Flies at #GrandfatherMountain!
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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#ForestFriday

#autumn #forest #trees
#LinnCove #Tanawha #BRP #Grandfathermountain
A paved path winds through trees with orange and yellow leaves. A low layer of green plants on either side of the path provides contrast to the orange leaves.
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Grandfather ⛰️ profile 🍁 🍂 looks like he's snuggled in a multicolored fuzzy blanket this evening. #mountainmonday #autumncolors #EastCoastKin
#BlueRidgeMountains #GrandfatherMountain
Mountain covered in orange red and yellow leaves with green trees up front - face profile that looks like a grandfather at the top and multi textured trees remind me of a cozy blanket
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Sunset on Grandfather Mountain
Today's phone wallpaper. Taken on Attic Window peak when camping one night, hoping for sunrise photos the next morning. Morning turned out to be a thunderstorm so this was all I got!
#photography #sunset #BlueRidge #GrandfatherMountain
October 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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#RockinTuesday #FlatRockloop #BlueRidgeParkway #autumn #mountainMonday Oct 6th
#EastCoastKin #naturephotography
Elevation - 4,100 overlooking Linville Valley #grandfathermountain
Rocky ridge looking out at autumn colored 🍁 🍂 forest . Spots of red orange light geeen dark green mossy and a backdrop of mountain tops
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Friday happy hour #deck time #scape #herbpots
#grandfathermountain #profile
#BlueRidgeMountains #BlueSky
#EastCoastKin #photography
Deck picture with dinner table, herb 🪴 pots and a green lawn surrounded by trees . Grandfather mountain profile in the back and a bright Bluesky
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Celtic monument at sunset in Linville, NC honoring Agnes Macrae Morton, co-founder of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NorthCarolina #GrandfatherMountain #Linville
This photo captures a striking Celtic monument in Linville, NC, honoring Agnes Macrae Morton (1897–1982), co-founder of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. The stone structure, built from rugged mountain rock, features a detailed Celtic cross prominently displayed on its face, symbolizing Scottish heritage and tradition. A plaque set into the monument commemorates Morton’s contributions to preserving and celebrating Highland culture in the mountains of North Carolina. The setting sun peeks through the surrounding trees, casting a golden glow over the monument and the grassy clearing, enhancing the sense of reverence and history. This enduring tribute stands as a reminder of the lasting cultural impact and the vibrant connection between the Scottish Highlands and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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#moss #nature #trees #forest
#BooneForkParkinglot #Tanawha or #Nuwati #BRP #GrandfatherMountain
September 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#Peaceful #atthetop #longrangeview #bluesky #BRP #RoughRidge #GrandfatherMountain #rock #mountain
The lower half of the picture is gray rock. The rock consists of fractured layers on the right side of the picture the layers angle upward in the middle of the picture. There’s a relatively flat outcropping and near left the rock layers almost seem to be sticking upward. The upper part of the picture is very blue with white clouds. Finley obscuring the sun and throwing deep dark shadow the rhododendron bushes in the last corner of the picture have leaves that are surprisingly rolled thin, even though the temperatures in the 60s. The bushes on the left are very windswept beyond the gray rock. You can see in the distance, the very gentle rise to the top of grandfather Mountain midway on the mountain the curve of the Linn Cove viaduct can be seen between dark green trees. Beyond grandfather Mountain can be seen to the left the unique peaks of the Jonas Ridge / Linville Gorge area, such as Hawks Bill and Table Rock. The center left of the picture shows in the distance, grandmother Mountain with its cell phone tower, and to the right of Grandmother, more mountains, extending in very light colored, rows of blue into the distance.
August 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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#ForestFriday
#nature #trees #rocks #sunshineandshadow
#TanawhaandRoughRidge #BRP #GrandfatherMountain
A path starts at the right lower corner and winds to the center of the picture and into the distance around a gray rock on the left. Large gray boulders with moss and lichen take up the left lower corner of the picture. The path itself is made of Boulders about a foot and a half in size wide and a foot tall, although the height of the boulders varies. the left upper corner of the picture consists of two evergreen trees and some low, possibly wild blueberry bushes. The right upper corner of the picture has one tall straight tree, whose branches are above the frame of the picture and a Deciduous tree that curves sharply to the left with branches and leaves emerging from it. Low wild blueberry bushes are beside the path on the right side also.
August 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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#ForestFriday

#nature #trees #rock #GrandfatherExtensionTrail
#GrandfatherMountain #atthetop
The picture shows a path through Evergreen trees. The path is gray stone and it is angled at about 40° with the higher side on the left and the lower side of the path on the right. The path is about 2 feet wide. Near to the photographer, the photo is all stone. Converging in the distance the path stretches with several areas of bright sun through the trees. Tall evergreens provide deep shade on either side of the picture. in the distance, the sun shines through, and the distant trees are a lighter and brighter green due to the light.
August 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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#BlueskyMonday

#nature #atthetop
#GrandfatherMountain
A deep dark blue sky takes up half of the picture, with a few scattered thin white clouds. Blue Ridge Mountains roll gently at the horizon. A clump of evergreen trees is to the lower left. The center of the picture has a taller evergreen and with a small space There is another clump of closer evergreens finishing the picture to the right. There are wild flowers are closest to the photographer.
July 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Taken a few years ago on vacation.
#grandfathermountain #northcarolina #blackbear #bear #photograph
July 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Shanty Branch Spring.
Old-school film photo taken with a hulking Pentax 67 and 75mm f/4.5 lens. Shutter speed somewhere around 20 seconds because the film was slow Fuji Velvia.
#photography #landscape #Velvia #GrandfatherMountain #BlueRidge #NorthCarolina
July 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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#Stunday #SundayStunday #nature #getoutside #atthetop #BRP #BlueRidgeParkway #Tanawhatrail #RoughRidge #GrandfatherMountain
The top rock on the left is the iconic Rough Ridge picture rock viewed from from the Tanawha trail right before the trails meet. Linn Cove Viaduct seen in the distance.
The left side and bottom of the photo image contain rocks at a slight diagonal upwards. Beyond these a row of jagged, Evergreen trees point to the sky. Between two sets of evergreen trees points, a rock emerging from the greenery by itself at the same angle as the rest of the rocks in the picture. And evergreen tree tops the picture and finishes out the left side. Wild blueberry bushes and other small vegetation are mixed on the left side of the picture in the distance. A gentle curve of grandfather Mountain rises center of picture to the right. Gray rock emerges in some spots with steep stone faces that defy vegetation. The top of the mountain is darker with Evergreen trees, while the lower slopes are covered with deciduous trees. An “s” shaped curve of the Linn Cove Viaduct of the Blue Ridge Parkway way can be seen snaking across the mountain. The sky is a deep midday blue with starkly white clouds, small and close to the mountain.
July 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#nature #hiking #Tanawhatrail
#Grandfathermountain
#LinnCovetoRoughRidge
The right lower side of the picture contains a wooden sign which labels Wilson Creek Overlook in white writing at 90 degrees to a wooden sign labeled in all caps Tanawha trail : arrow left Linn Cove 1.2 miles, left arrow Beacon Heights 2.7 miles, Right arrow Rough Ridge 1.4 miles, Right arrow Price Park 10.3 miles. Moderate sized rocks (2-3 feet across) intermix with fallen tree branches and thick twisted roots to form a trail that curves around the sign. Long thin green forest grass and short baby trees and vegetation fill the space before a tall tree distant left with the white feather and circle trail marker for the Tanawha trail. A large wide gray stone is in front of this thicker trees. Younger thinner trees are in the distance with a large rhododendron to the right if the trail in the distance. Dappled filtered light through the trees provides variation in color intensity.
July 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Stream in the Blue Ridge.
Another long-exposure stream shot from Grandfather Mountain State Park in North Carolina. I had to stand in freezing cold water for a while before I got a shot I really liked.
#photography #nature #BlueRidge #NorthCarolina #GrandfatherMountain #stream
July 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM