Buck Spring Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back near Cruso, NC. It climbs 1,457 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3,626 – 4,994 ft · steepest grade: 21%11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.40445, -82.75240
Nearest town Cruso, NC
Directions
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Buck Spring Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,457 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 3,627–4,993 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.40445, -82.75240
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 4.9 miSharp left onto Buck Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Mountains-to-Sea Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading E.
- 4.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mountains-to-Sea Trail Trailhead
- Little Bald Mountain–Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint, 4 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,437 ft
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