We decided to take a different route up to the Pisgah Inn.
![Entrance to North Mills River Recreation Area in Pisgah National Forest - In Henderson County - Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area.jpg)
We drove up to the North Mills River Recreation Area.
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-2.jpg)
The road continues. The creek on the left of the road is Wash Creek.
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-4.jpg)
It is a gravel road, but was in excellent condition.
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-8.jpg)
The road climbs pretty steeply. The only name I could find for the road is National Forest Road. That’s not very specific. There are a lot of roads named that.
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-9.jpg)
The first big hairpin turn is Moore Cove.
![Dwarf Crested Iris in Pisgah National Forest - Wild Irises in Pisgah Forest – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin May](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-7.jpg)
The road winds steeply up. We saw wild iris and the dogwood was in full bloom.
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/featured_image-mills_river_to_parkway-500x375.jpg)
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-3.jpg)
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north_mills_river_recreation_area-5.jpg)
Where it meets the Blue Ridge Parkway, the road continues on. This side is Bent Creek Gap Road.
![Drive from North Mills River Recreation Area to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/biker-ambulance.jpg)
We were passed by mountain bikers. When we got to the top we saw an ambulance taking a wrecked mountain biker away.