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Within a day, visitors can canoe the most biodiverse riverine ecosystem in North America; walk in the footsteps of Daniel Boone, where he and his fellow frontiersmen blazed the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap; and visit the home of the novelist John Fox, Jr., who wrote the best- selling novel, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine – one of several novels set in the High Knob Region.
JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST
In 1936, the Jefferson National Forest was established and dedicated in a ceremony on High Knob. Under-Secretary of Agriculture M.W. Wilson described the value of the Jefferson National Forest in his dedication speech: “to control erosion and floods...as sources of inspiration and recreation, they foster spiritual, cultural and other values essential to mankind. As a living resource they can be renewed...producing continuous crops for harvest. Forests help stabilize industries and communities and add to man’s physical welfare...(providing)...the greatest good to the greatest number in the long run.”
Since the establishment of the Jefferson National Forest, Congress has directed the USDA Forest Service to broaden its management scope to include multiple uses and benefits and for the sustained yield of renewable resources such as water, forage, wildlife, wood, and recreation. Today, the Clinch Ranger District of the Jefferson National Forest continues to be managed by the Forest Service with a mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
CLINCH RANGER DISTRICT
The Clinch Ranger District of the Jefferson National Forest is located in both the Cumberland Mountains of the Appalachian Plateau physiographic province and the Valley and Ridge physiographic province in Southwest Virginia. It covers more than 92,300 acres primarily in Wise, Scott, Lee, and Dickenson Counties, Virginia, with some lands in Pike and Letcher Counties, Kentucky. The Nature Conservancy and NatureServe recognize the District as a hotspot for biodiversity and species richness. The District coincides with the High Knob Region. Mountainous terrain—with elevations of over 4,200 feet—and deep valleys, numerous streams and rivers, and Virginia’s highest average annual snowfall characterize the lands within the District.
TRAIL OF
FLAG ROCK
4 RECREATION AREA
LOUIS E.HENEGAR
1 MINERS MEMORIAL PARK
2 POWELL RIVER TRAIL
3 THE LONESOME PINE
5 NORTON RESERVOIRS
6 HIGH KNOB TOWER
MILES 01/2123 5
TO PIKEVILLE, KY
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TO I - 81 ABINGDON
GUEST RIVER
HARRY MEADOR 20 COAL MUSEUM
17 KEOKEE LAKE
ST CHARLES
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DUFFIELD
DRYDEN
421
SCENIC VIEWS
PICNIC & CAMPING
PARK
MUSEUM & INFORMATION CENTER
753
16
58
13
606
KEOKEE
158
663
14
DUNGANNON
671
68
3
2
23
COEBURN
160
1
APPALACHIA
POWELL RIVER
NORTON
4 5
WISE
8
HIGH KNOB
7 RECREATION AREA
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
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6 7 706 18 17 9 1112
BIG STONE GAP
699
19 MUSEUM
STONE MOUNTAIN 18 ATV TRAIL
PENNINGTON GAP
CUMBERLAND GAP
HIKING
MOUNTAIN BIKING
ATV
ARTS & CULTURE
65
23
10
FORT BLACKMORE
72
653
646 652 649
722
774
8 WISE DOWNTOWN
58
SWIMMING KA Y AKING FISHING EQUESTRIAN
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15
72
HKRI
9 BIG CHERRY LAKE
CLINCH RIVER
CLINCHPORT
TO I - 26 TRI-CITIES
APPALACHIAN SPRING INITIATIVE
10 DEVIL’S BATHTUB
HIGH KNOB REGIONAL INITIATIVE
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DANIEL BOONE
WILDERNESS TRAIL
16 INTERPRETIVE CENTER
NATURAL TUNNEL 15 STATE PARK
DRAFT
13 LITTLE STONY FALLS 12 BARK CAMP LAKE
CHIEF BENGE 11 SCOUT TRAIL
14 HANGING ROCK
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HIGH KNOB REGIONAL INITIATIVE
THOMAS JEFFERSON BYWAY