Burke's Garden, VA
Mile 570
Burke's Garden is a huge, almost completely circular valley with its own microclimate. The trail follows the ridgeline that surrounds this feature for almost 60 miles, which is harder than it looks on the map, because the ridgeline is some of the rockiest trail I've encountered yet.
The rocks of the ridgeline are pretty fascinating. They look like volcanic flows, but the Appalachians are far too old for that. I wonder if Burke's Garden is an ancient impact crater?
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