Pisgah National Forest

District Ranger
USDA Forest Service
1001 Pisgah Hwy.
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768
(828) 877-3265
www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/

The Pisgah Ranger District office is located southwest of Asheville and north of Brevard and is easily accessible from several main roads including the Blue Ridge Parkway. The district ranger station is located on US 276 near Brevard and is open to the public 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. They are also open on the weekends and holidays during the summer from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The district covers over 150,000 acres and has hundreds of miles of trails with different degrees of difficulty for any level of experience. These trails offer a vast array of outdoor activities, such as hiking, cycling, backpacking, horseback riding, rock climbing, fishing, wildlife observation, photography and more. The diversity of terrain offered in the area is amazing. Mountain peaks that brush the clouds at an elevation of over 6000 ft., rock faces, open balds and cascading waterfalls.