Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Blockstand Creek Trail & Flint Mountain Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,970 ft · 4 hr 51 min
Blockstand Creek Trail & Flint Mountain Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park near Carmen, NC. It climbs 1,970 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blockstand Creek Trail & Flint Mountain Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,970 ft · 4 hr 51 min
Elevation 2,496–3,628 ft
Out & Back · Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Trailhead: 36.01314, -82.62737
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 88°F / low 69° · precip 7% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 3.5 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Flint Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Flint Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blockstand Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miReach Flint Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Flint Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Flint Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 3.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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