A Profusion of Ferns

We ascended from Lost Cove on the Devil's Creek and Bear Woods Trails. Several times along the trail on the north side of Flattop Mountain we crossed what I call "Devil Creeks". Boulder strewn, fern covered talus slopes where you could hear the sound of a rushing gurgling stream, but not see it.

Lost Cove

As far as I know this is the only remaining house still standing in Lost Cove. Most of the old houses have been burned down. Only the chimneys and foundations remain of those.





This old homesite is one of the most recently burned. The char on surrounding trees can be still be seen. There is an old international truck covered in bullet holes with nothing remaining of its engine but the block.





There is also a small cemetary in Lost Cove with about a dozen gravesites.

Bear Woods

This 'B' and the blaze mark one end of the Devil's Creek/Bear Woods Trail.

Nolichuckey Gorge

A view across the Nolichuckey River Gorge from Joe Lewis Fields.