8 Corners of the Appalachian Mountains Nature Got Wrong — Why No One Gets Close to Them

8 Corners of the Appalachian Mountains Nature Got Wrong — Why No One Gets Close to Them There is a hollow in eastern Kentucky where the air holds at thirty-six degrees in the middle of July. There is a ridge in Maryland where nothing has grown since before the first settlers arrived, and the reason is in the rock. There is a valley in North Carolina that thirty-one people are still buried under. These are not ghost stories. Every place on this list has a documented reason people stopped going — chemistry, gas, temperature, water, or a decision made in a room a hundred miles away. We count down eight of them, from a talus vent that kills dogs to a hollow that appears on a 1936 survey map and on nothing since. Most of these sit on public land. Most are within a day's drive. Nearly all of them have a marked trail leading in, and a documented reason to stop walking. 00:00 — Cold air in July 01:12 — No. 8 Coon Den Hollow, Kentucky 04:05 — No. 7 The Barrens, Maryland 07:20 — No. 6 Alder Run, West Virginia 10:44 — No. 5 Sixmile Bottom, Tennessee 13:58 — No. 4 The Brown Mountain Lights 16:30 — No. 3 Devil's Courthouse Ravine 18:15 — No. 2 Cane Creek Valley 21:40 — No. 1 The hollow that is not on the survey This channel exists to find the places the tourism boards leave off the map — and the ones somebody made certain would never be on it. If you go, bring a light, and tell somebody where you are going.