Hike to Millers Head View Point and Bushytop Microwave Station
At 3760 feet, Bushytop is an easy hike from the parking lot at the Amphitheater at Skyland. If you follow the service road to the top where it dead ends, you can meet up with the Millers Head Trail. There is also a trail that pretty much parallels the road and is accessible from the parking lot. Atop Bushytop is a microwave relay and the trees have been cut down to prevent blockage (while providing limited views). Although clearly marked, we somehow missed where the trail head was. Either way, it is about 0.2 miles to the top of Bushytop. The Millers Head viewpoint is an additional 0.6 miles down a rocky trail with switchbacks. The viewpoint at Millers Head is nice and provides a good view of the surrounding valley. This trail is fairly easy and only 1.6 miles out and back. That being said, it is a bit steep and the closeness to the road and easy access may entice people with health or physical issues to attempt it. Remember, if you go down, you need to come back up!! The elevation loss between Bushytop and Millers Head is about 400’. https://virginiatrailguide.com/2009/10/01/millers-head/ https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/upload/skyland_area_2013.pdf
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