Photographed from afar with a phone camera, this American Black Bear is sitting and looking at you at Grandfather Mountain Zoo in North Carolina
American Black Bear Sitting
American Black Bear Sitting Portrait
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American Black Bear
American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America and is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species.
Shot (not as well) this one at Grandfather Mountain Zoo, North Carolina.
American Black Bear
Rural Beauty of NC – Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain is an iconic peak 75 miles north of Asheville, North Carolina. The area is known for its incredible vistas and unmatched ecological diversity. The area is called Grandfather Mountain because of early pioneers who recognized “the face” of an old man on one of the cliffs. Can you see it?
Linn Cove Viaduct
The Linn Cove Viaduct hugs the face of Grandfather Mountain and is recognized internationally as an engineering marvel. It is a 1,243 feet long, concrete segmental bridge which snakes around Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina.
Grandfather Mountain Mile High Swinging Bridge
The Mile High Swinging Bridge, America’s highest suspension footbridge, was built to give visitors easy access to the breathtaking view from Grandfather Mountain’s Linville Peak in North Carolina. The 228-foot suspension bridge spans an 80-foot chasm at more than one mile in elevation.
Linn Cove Viaduct Fall Colors
This 1243-foot concrete segmental bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway snakes around the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. It was completed in 1987 at a cost of $10 million and was the last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be finished.
Linn Cove Viaduct
Under the Viaduct
Linn Cove Viaduct – this 1243-foot concrete segmental bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway snakes around the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. It was completed in 1987 at a cost of $10 million and was the last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be finished. It is an engineering marvel and a view from below reveals the preservation of nature while constructing the viaduct.
Under the Viaduct
An Image on the Mountain
Can you imagine what the shape of the mountain looks like? See the answer below the image.
An Image on the Mountain
Can you visualize a face of a sleeping man? Well, this is Grandfather Mountain, NC. It was named “Grandfather” by pioneers who recognized the face of an old man in one of the cliffs. Many vantage points reveal different faces, so there is no one official profile of the mountain, but the most popular can be seen from the community of Foscoe, seven miles north of Linville and 10 miles south of Boone on N.C. 105.
Grandfather Mountain Panorama
A panorama from the top of Grandfather Mountain, NC shows the Fall colors below but a hard-scape environment up top
Grandfather Mountain Panorama
A Lake in the Valley
From one mile up on Grandfather Mountain, NC one can see the Blue Ridge mountains and Watauga Lake in Fall
A Lake in the Valley