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Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Blue Ridge Wild Pawpaw Trail

4.5 (96 reviews)Wild ForagingFree access

Pawpaws & ramps at Blue Ridge Wild Pawpaw Trail, Asheville, North Carolina
Blue Ridge with spruce-fir forest (Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, USA) 2.jpg

A public-access creekside corridor where native pawpaw thickets fruit in late September. Ramps emerge along the upper switchbacks in spring.

When to visit

Pawpaws & ramps is picked here in Apr, May, Sep, Oct.

  • Jan
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  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Good to know

  • • Take no more than one third of any patch
  • • Never harvest ramp bulbs — leaves only
  • • Stay on marked trails to protect seedlings
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What visitors say

  • Callie B. · 4/5 · 2 months ago

    Found ripe pawpaws about a mile in. Bring a bag, they bruise easily.

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