Chestnut Cove Branch Falls & North Harper Shortcut via North Harper Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 685 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Chestnut Cove Branch Falls & North Harper Shortcut via North Harper Creek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Kawana, NC. The route reaches Chestnut Cove Branch Falls at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 685 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Chestnut Cove Branch Falls & North Harper Shortcut via North Harper Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 685 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 2,178–2,596 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Harper Shortcut · 36.00573, -81.80924
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 72° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on North Harper Shortcut, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto North Harper Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miReach Chestnut Cove Branch Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto North Harper Shortcut, heading N.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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