Graveyard Fields

Graveyard Fields

Graveyard Fields is is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. It is near the source of the Yellowstone Prong of the Pigeon River. The valley's name originates from a time when a great windstorm felled hundreds of spruce and fir trees on its slopes. The area was subject to extensive logging during the early 20th century; and devastating wildfires swept the area in 1925 and 1940, heating the soil enough to sterilize it.

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Cited references

* [http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/main.php N.C. Div. of Parks & Recreation]
* [http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/NaturalHeritage/NaturalTreasures/Mountains/GraveyardFields.html Blue Ridge National Heritage Area]

External links

* http://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/pisgah/pisgah/graveyard.html
* http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/NaturalHeritage/NaturalTreasures/Mountains/GraveyardFields.html
* http://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway_tour/overlooks/00419a.asp


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