LINCOLN
(#11/100 North Carolina Counties)
Way in the northwest corner of Lincoln County is the high point, Buffalo Knob. Buffalo Knob actually has TWO knobs. And we are headed to the lower knob, the eastern one.
Wait, wait, you say. Doesn’t that break the First Rule of Highpoints? That if you can still go up, you’re not at the highpoint?
Ah, but in this case, “up” means — WEST INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY. No good. And since that’s not the highpoint of Cleveland County, we don’t care about Knob #1.
We parked and walked up a rutted, unnamed road that leads to the radio tower on Knob #1, which we don’t care about–but someone does, because that’s where the road goes.
Before we reached the county line we found an ATV track heading up toward Knob #2.
Easy summit!
Except, where is it, exactly?
We were certainly at the summit, but there was no one definitive spot. Just trees. We wandered around and declared victory.
The hunters have a definitive spot, however.
p.s. We birded five different spots in Lincoln County before going to the highpoint. Birding was frustrating–that is, QUIET. One park was supposed to be very “birdy,” but it was overly-humid, and the mud-swollen river is a good metaphor for Not Seeing Much.
My.Bird.Walks. 