This waterfall is named after William Crabtree, the first European who settled in the area. Crabtree Falls is located at the Crabtree Falls Day Use Area, and it costs $3 cash per car to park there.

With temperatures slowly rising to the balmy Western North Carolina summer standard, and old favorites reopening to visitors, it's a great time to start planning a hike. There are countless trails in ...

Hikers venture off the trail in the George Washington National Forest for a view of the valley, a closer glimpse of the cascades, or a dip in the brisk Crabtree Creek, sometimes with disastrous ...