Fonta Flora State Trail

Camp Grier Lake–Deep Cove Trail, 9 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,199 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Camp Grier Lake–Deep Cove Trail, 9 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Fonta Flora State Trail near Dendron, NC. The route reaches Camp Grier Lake. It climbs 1,199 ft. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,476 – 1,880 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Copper Ridge Trail 35.63762, -82.21057
Nearest town Dendron, NC

Directions

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Camp Grier Lake–Deep Cove Trail, 9 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,199 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Elevation 1,477–1,880 ft

Out & Back · Fonta Flora State Trail

Trailhead: Copper Ridge Trail · 35.63762, -82.21057

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

  1. Start on Copper Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftTurn left onto Lower Heartbreak Ridge, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miPass Camp Grier Lake.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto Rostan Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.9 miTurn left onto Oak Hollow Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Salt Gap Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Foundation Trail, heading N.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading E.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Deep Cove Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Meadows Loop, heading E.
  18. 200 ftReach Camp Grier Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading N.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Deep Cove Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading N.
  23. 300 ftContinue straight onto Foundation Trail, heading N.
  24. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Salt Gap Trail, heading SW.
  26. 0.4 miBear right onto Oak Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Rostan Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  29. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  30. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  32. 1 miSharp left onto Lower Heartbreak Ridge, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right onto Copper Ridge Trail, heading W.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

37% dirt8% gravel55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:52 PM

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