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Big East Fork Trail & Bridges Camp Gap Trail is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Shining Rock Wilderness near Big East Fork, NC. It climbs 1,334 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi3,376 – 4,485 ft9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Connector 35.32231, -82.82818
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC

Directions

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Big East Fork Trail & Bridges Camp Gap Trail

9.6 mi · ▲ 1,334 ft · 3 hr 52 min

Elevation 3,375–4,485 ft

Out & Back · Shining Rock Wilderness

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Connector · 35.32231, -82.82818

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 65° · precip 18% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Connector, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Big East Fork Trail, heading NE.
  6. 3.4 miReach Bridges Camp Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 3.4 miContinue straight onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector, heading SE.
  10. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F65°
Precip18%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 1 AM: 1% rain1 PM: 2% rain2 PM: 7% rain3 PM: 13% rain4 PM: 18% rain5 PM: 18% rain6 PM: 10% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 4% rain9 PM: 2% rain10 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 82°68°
Sun 77°60° 60%
Mon 65°59° 39%
Tue 71°54°
Wed 78°55°
Thu 82°58°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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