Beauty Mountain Boulders

The area is access sensitive!

Parking is definitely a concern for this area. When parking, be sure to park in a developed pullout, all the way off the road. Also be sure to leave by nightfall (though it's a great place to watch the sunset, don't linger too long after the sun dips below the horizon). The locals that live around here are extremely annoyed when they have trouble getting down their road/driveways, their guests have nowhere to park, or they have strange cars parked in front of their houses after dark.

🚗 Driving Directions:
From Fayetteville, turn right onto US-19N and cross the NRG bridge. Take the second right onto Lansing-Edmond Road. Drive about 3.5 miles, then take a right onto Buckhorn Road (there's a tiny post office on the right corner). Almost a mile down the road, Buckhorn Road makes a big curve to the right. Follow the curve and continue down Buckhorn Road for another 0.4 miles. There, the road makes a sharp right turn with a white 'No Parking' sign straight ahead. Take a left onto the gravel road and park in one of the pullouts on your right.

🚶‍♂️Hiking Directions:
From the first pullout after the left turn, follow the trail away from the road and to the right along the powerlines. After about 3 minutes (2 power poles) you'll cross a tiny creek and enter a rhododendron tunnel. As the tunnel of rhodos opens up, turn left down the first obvious trail and another 150 feet to the first boulders. The trail has small steep, muddy hills and the trail is poorly maintained but well traveled and not too long. Total hiking time: 7 minutes.