Archived Outdoors

Road and trail closure

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Wednesday, October 01, 2014

• Ball Creek Road, a U.S. Forest Service road that begins at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and ends at Upper Nantahala Road in Macon County, will be closed through late October for repairs. Storm events in January 2013 caused the need to fix two roadway slides and replace two culverts. 

• Chimney Tops Trail will continue to be closed periodically through Dec. 11 as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park works to finish a three-year trail rehabilitation. The trail will be closed Monday through Thursday until work finishes. The rehabilitation effort is focused on rebuilding the trail with durable stone and rot-resistant black locust to combat erosion damage. 

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