In the mountains of Virginia
by Darren Fisher
Title
In the mountains of Virginia
Artist
Darren Fisher
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Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful creek that flows from the mountains of the Blue Ridge Parkway here in Virginia. This one here is one of my all time favorite places and it is just off of Route 8 below the parkway. It is called Rock Castle Creek and located off of CCCamp Lane. It is so peaceful to hear the water rushing by and it drowns out all of the sounds of life. The Lower Rock Castle Creek Trail forms a 4.5-mile leg of the 11-mile loop called Rock Castle Gorge Trail (see �Rocky Knob/Rock Castle Gorge�). This trail follows a gated fire road alongside Rock Castle Creek. The term �Rock Castle� comes from the hexagonal shape of quartzite crystals found in the hollows, resembling castle towers. Surrounding the creek bottom is mixed deciduous forest, which house many nesting neotropical migrants. Listen and look for hooded, Kentucky, chestnut-sided, black-throated blue, black-throated green, and worm-eating warblers, as well as scarlet tanager, wood thrush, ovenbird, American redstart, and Acadian and great crested flycatchers. Louisiana waterthrush breed along the creek. Broad-winged hawk are known to nest within these woods, while wild turkey roam throughout this area. Creek beds are good places to spy on native brook trout (the lure for local anglers), but also a good place to hunt for salamanders. Northern dusky salamander is abundant, but several other species are likely to be present as well. Red fox, coyote, black bear, and bobcat make themselves at home in this area, but are usually elusive to visitors.
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November 4th, 2017
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