20 Minutes to the Top - Black Mountain (Harlan Kentucky)

Heading up the access road from Harlan County Campground into Black Mountan Off-Road Adventure Area in Putney Kentucky.

[@jeffkoier4621]

My dad was the forester from 1969 to 1991 in Lynch for both US Steel and then Arch Mineral. We planted trees cruised timber and fought fires all over Black Mt growing up. Good times

[@randallgaddy2591]

I'm kin to the hatfields and the letanoskys from lynch.?? Good times

[@jeffkoier4621]

I’m not sure but seems like there was a Hatfield family in Lynch. Also a good mix of Italian, Polish and German. Thanks for replying

[@alanshadyvally]

Thats a lot better road than the one I walked to school when I was kid. A lot shorter too! LOL!

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

I found more than one four prong in these mountains years ago! Some of the most beautiful mountains and people! DaveyJO

[@dougdemaree1963]

My grandfather was born on Black Mountain in 1897, in a log cabin....I am related to a ton of folks from Harlan county.

[@helenfollishutcherson9593]

The trip up the mountain. Was wonderful.. what we miss in our own back"yard and drive or fly around the world.

[@clydekennard9911]

One thing 'bout a road like that. _Ya' don't have to worry 'bout forgettin' how to get back!

[@ksloan8189]

Going back down is just as scary.

[@hawkenbyrd9173]

Man these moutains scare the hell out of me , I drove for a living I'm a inner city black guy from Ohio I hated when I had to drive through moutainous terrain I was scared to death you guys are crazy!

[@newdogatplay]

Imagine comin off that mountain in huge coal truck loaded in the middle of winter an it frozen covered in snow an mud,they used to use huge bull dozers to hold the trucks back an front in some cases to getem off the mountain an to pull or drag em up the mountain i used to go with my older cuzzins when they drove in those conditions in the late 70s an early 80s in kentuck not from hazzard

[@genofeve]

That looks like easy riding.

[@carlbeason978]

Ain't nuttin but home Babe, nothing but Home, I was born there in 1938

[@randallgaddy2591]

I'm A HATFIELD and a letonosky from lynch .... Justus Hadfield and John Letonosky .... hello sir ! God bless you 🙏

[@kickthecan6253]

Love. That. Place. Planing. On. Making. A. You. Tube. Video. There

[@terribarrett9381]

My ears popped @6:00

[@buster612003]

my dad is from there, walked those mts as a kid

[@jaredbeyer5425]

How else loves black Mountain if so every like is a hell yes

[@phillipjohnson8241]

That's not Black Mountain! These ppl was at the ATV PARK in Putney.

[@shirl0955]

that freaked me out..omg I would not ride with you on that road or anyone else..lol

[@charlesludwig9173]

What is the point of this trail when there’s a beautiful winding scenic highway to the top of Black Mountain?

[@carlstoots8391]

Coming back down is when it really gets hairy,

[@martyduncan2636]

Amazing footage. What’s the elavation at the top?

[@antagonist84cj7]

I think it's around 4000'

[@kennyhenry7432]

4.144 sorry!

[@dalanturner1727]

Who else is here from harlan

[@carolynsimpson9389]

Not fromHarlan but lived in Cumberland 1970/74 worked at Bob Frazier Ins. Went over Black mountain years agonin 30 ft motor home, Scared to death, going over in car was bad enough

[@carolynsimpson9389]

When we went over it was nice paved road, not like this or I wouldn’t have been there!

[@mikec2988]

No ways would I take my car up that slick mud and ledges 1 slide and I'd be lucky trees could stop it.

[@jamesblair4446]

Is this road still open? Is it open to.the public?

[@magneto44]

I think it’s owned by a coal mine

[@davidseifert7966]

How do you get home?

[@robertgutterman255]

looks a little tight in some stretches. is that a one way trail?

[@antagonist84cj7]

Most of it is 1 truck wide, but there are pull offs where people can pass.

[@Mantooth2851]

It is a two-way trail. I can get tight enough in spots that two SxSs can't pass. It's also started to wash out in some areas making it even trickier.

[@brelyre3221]

Big foot pops out mmm where's the white boys 😆

[@tonymelton746]

is this big black mountain or little black mountain? big black mtn. is in benem \ lynch. little black mtn. is in evarts I live in evarts. never been on the trails they have now but when I was younger I been all over there's mountains on 4 wheelers walking dirt bikes you had to just make your trail as you went nobody took a bulldozer and made it fore us it was a lot harder but fun I haven't gone on the trails because they charge money fore it. i been going in theese mtns. all my life and I don't think it's right to put a road in and charge fore somthing that's always been free just my opinion

[@antagonist84cj7]

This is the one in Evarts/Putney.

[@phillipjohnson8241]

That's not Black Mountain. Your at the ATV Park .

[@joecarbone4200]

whats the rattling?

[@antagonist84cj7]

The GoPro clip. I forgot to put the rubber isolator in.

[@timothyself7864]

Bet theres Bigfoot somewhere in them hills .

[@milliebanks7209]

what be yer point? Don't drive drunk cause ye can't go from ditch to ditch?