Folk Art to Haw Creek Valley Overlook via Bull Mtn

The Bull Mountain area, west of the Parkway and north of the Folk Art Center, has a rabbit warren of neighborhood social trails near the MST. It offers an alternative and interesting route up to the Haw Creek Valley overlook. We'll start at Folk Art and the MST to the Bull Mountain Trailhead, then walk up Bull Mountain to the Bull Mountain Labyrinth--sans Minitaur--and then hike our way through the area where squirrels fall out of trees up to the Parkway at milepost 381. Using a spur trail, we'll access the MST to the Haw Creek Valley overlook (aka lunch rock) where we'll take our break. Afterwards, it's MST all the way back to Folk Art.

A few trails have several large tree trunks straddling them. If you can't climb over a 4-foot tree trunk, this is, perhaps, not your hike.

There be bears in the Bull Mountain area; ergo, no dogs.

Stats:
Distance: approx. 6.5 miles
Pace: approx. 2 mph
Ascent: approx. 800 feet

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