📍location & hike info ⬇️ 🚨 FOLLOW @rvahikergirl for more great outdoor places ✅ This place has been on my West Virginia bucket list for years!!! So happy I finally got to see it with my own eyes! 🥾 Hike Info - 2.3 miles out and back hike - 465 feet in elevation gain - RVA Trail Rating: EASY; uphill climb from the parking lot & then levels out - 360 degree views from the tower - you can go inside, learn about all the birds spotted from here, bird migration, history of this observation tower, sign the log book, & grab a pair of binoculars to spot your own raptor! 🦅 Birds spotted from here: bald eagles, peregrine falcon, osprey, coopers hawk, golden eagle, red tailed hawk, american kestrel, turkey vultures, northern harrier… 🐶 dog friendly trail 💰 no fee, free entry ☀️great location to catch a sunrise or sunset 📌 Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory 📍 Allegheny Trail Union, West Virginia (Monroe County) @monroecowv 🚗 1 1/2 hrs from Roanoke, Virginia 🗺️ located near the W...