8/30/2014 - took a drive up southwest of Franklin, NC to the area above Standing Indian Campground. Hiked the trail to Big Laurel Falls. The book I was using rated this as easy, but I would call it more like moderate. It starts out easy, but once it starts up the mountain it goes steadily uphill in "bumps" - longish uphills, then short down-hills, then uphill-downhill again. Maybe 3 or 4 such "bumps." My GPS made it 1/2 mile from the trailhead sign to the falls...but it felt like 2 miles!
GPS: 35.01823°N 83.50652°W
Directions and Information: from Franklin, NC
- west on US 64
- south on W.Old Murphy Rd
- at Wallace Gap, south on FS 67 (sign for Standing Indian Campground)
- at the fork at entrance to the campground, continue to the left on the FS road
- park at trailhead for Big Laurel Falls - there is a good big sign at the start
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