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Unicoi Mountains Athens, TN
[/az_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][az_column_text]Enjoy a hike up the beautiful Unicoi Mountains while visiting the City of Athens. Located around the southeastern part of the city, the mountains are a key region of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province. Experience the majesty of one of the more undeveloped mountain ranges in the country. The grasses around this area near Athens, Tennessee are beautiful while the trees have remained untouched for centuries. Much of this is thanks to the highly remote nature of the area. Take a walk up Huckleberry Knob, the highest point of the mountain range. At around, 5,500 feet in elevation, the peak features impressive views of the entire region including parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. Look at how many trees you will come across near Athens, TN. The mountain range features pine and oak trees all around. See the pitch and table mountain pines and get a closer look into what makes these particular variants of the pine tree different from one another.
Watch as the river flows along Bald River Falls. Look around the protected wildlife refuges of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness settlement. A portion of the region is on the Tennessee side of the mountains although most of it is found in North Carolina.
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