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Snooks Nose

McDowell County, NC

Snooks Nose is an exposed rocky ridgeline in McDowell County, North Carolina, in the Pisgah National Forest above Curtis Creek. The strenuous Snooks Nose Trail climbs steeply through rhododendron to the open outcrop, which offers wide views toward Linville Gorge to the east and the Black Mountains to the west.

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