A gorgeous forest trail in Kentucky that will take you to a hidden overlook of the Kentucky River. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary offers a scenic 2.4-mile hike with panoramic views.
Here is the view of clouds overlooking the Kentucky River at the end of a trail at Raven Run, Lexington.
Clouds over the Kentucky River
Located in Rutherford county 25 miles southeast of Asheville, Chimney Rock State Park offers some of North Carolina’s most dramatic mountain scenery. The Park’s 535-million-year-old monolith called Chimney Rock can be accessed via a state-of-the-art elevator or the nearly 500-step Outcroppings Trail. At the top, guests can enjoy 75-mile panoramic views of the Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure.
The world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel gives visitors a panoramic view of the Southern California coastline from more than 130 feet above the Santa Monica Pier. Measuring 85 feet, the Pacific Wheel moves at 2.5 revolutions per minute with intermittent stops to pick up passengers.
Wayah Bald has a vantage point of 5,342 ft. in elevation in the Nantahala National Forest, near Franklin, North Carolina. On a clear day, you can see north to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and south into the rolling hills of Georgia. Here are images of an old stone fire tower, built in 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, to witness panoramic views of the southern Appalachian mountain chain.
The top of Tor offers panoramic views of Glastonbury and the surrounding countryside of England
Panorama of Glastonbury from Tor
We end our series of images from Raleigh, North Carolina with a panoramic view of the city glowing at blue hour.
Raleigh Glowing at Night