This hike is an exclusive after-hours hike. We will hike out to the fields located near the confluence of Flint Creek and Rocky Fork to observe the night sky before the sun rises over the distant mountain peaks.

*Please bring a flashlight or headlamp, water, and closed-toed shoes.

Registration is required! Please follow the link to register.

Directions: From Johnson City/ Erwin take I-26 South and get off at exit 43, follow the brown signs to Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park. Turn right on TN 352 for approximately 6 miles until you arrive at Rocky Fork Road on your right. Take Rocky Fork Road for 0.8 of a mile until you reach the gravel parking lot.

From Asheville/ Mars Hill NC take I-26 North and get off at Exit 50, the first Exit in Tennessee, take a left on Upper Higgins Road for 0.6 of a mile, turn right on Old Asheville Highway for 2.2 miles, turn Left on Rocky Fork Road for 0.8 of a mile until you arrive at the gravel parking lot.