The primary reason Yellowstone Falls is virtually unknown is that there is no official trail to it (although a rudimentary scramble path does exist). In my opinion, Yellowstone Falls just might be prettier than either of its two more popular nearby brethren. Each about 30-feet in height, the upper falls tumbles down the riverbed in a stair-step fashion while the lower falls takes the form of the traditional single drop. Comprised of two distinct drops, the waterfall could actually be considered two separate cascades. Yellowstone Falls is located along the same stream which feeds its upstream neighbors, Yellowstone Prong. What many people don't realize, however, is there is a third and arguably more scenic waterfall to be seen here.and its been provided a much nicer name as well.Yellowstone Falls. The primary attractions of Graveyard Fields are two very scenic cascades with the rather uninspired names of Upper and Second Falls. Today only a few scattered trees and small patches of laurel and blueberry have managed to repopulate the landscape. Conditions are harsh at these high elevations so life has been slow to return. Adding insult to injury the fields suffered two catastrophic wildfires in the 1920's and 1940's which further denuded the landscape and even sterilized the soil. It obtained its rather dark name after a combination of winds and logging reduced its thick spruce-fir forest to naked stumps dotting the landscape, resembling gravestones. Located at Milepost 418.8 along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Graveyard is a spectacular high elevation valley lying in the shadow of nearby Black Balsam and Tennent Mountains. Graveyard Fields is a place I've been to dozens of times, primarily in the off-season when the area isn't buried under a blanket of visitors.
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