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
- Start on Copper Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Lower Heartbreak Ridge, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Camp Grier Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Rostan Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Oak Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Salt Gap Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Foundation Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Deep Cove Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Meadows Loop, heading E.
- 200 ftReach Camp Grier Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Deep Cove Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Foundation Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Jarrett Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Salt Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Oak Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rostan Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp left onto Lower Heartbreak Ridge, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Copper Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 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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