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This branch off of Robe Mountain Trail leads to Eagle's Nest, the sister lookout of Buzzard's Roost


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0.3

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Point to Point

1,562' 476 m

High

1,401' 427 m

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0' 0 m

Up

161' 49 m

Down

12%

Avg Grade (7°)

43%

Max Grade (23°)

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Family Friendly This is an easy trail with an interesting rock feature/viewpoint at its terminus.

Park closes at night: no camping.

Description

This trail is short and easy. Very little grade is present on the inclines and the trail is mostly soft sandstone wash. For a mild hike, it offers an excellent terminus: Eagle's Nest is a stack of large boulders scattered along a pinnacle. It's a great place for viewing far over the trees or just scrambling around the boulder piles.

Flora & Fauna

Blueberry shrubs are scattered around the trail side and many tall oak and pine rise above the trail.

Eagle's Nest seems to also be a bluejay nest, because they were causing quite a fuss.

Contacts

Shared By:

Stephen Hornbeck

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#111

in Kentucky

#10,803

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Overcast day at Eagle's Nest lookout
Sep 14, 2017 near Berea, KY
Boulder field
Sep 14, 2017 near Berea, KY
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