Chestnut Mountain Road & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Chestnut Mountain Road & Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Kawana, NC. It climbs 1,590 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,090 – 2,848 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.97974, -81.81465
Nearest town Kawana, NC
Directions
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Chestnut Mountain Road & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Elevation 2,091–2,849 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.97974, -81.81465
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Chestnut Mountain Road, heading S.
- 2.7 miReach Chestnut Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 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
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:52 PM
More from this trailhead
- South Harper Creek Falls Overlook via Raider Camp 1.9 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- South Harper Creek Falls–Upper South Harper Creek Falls, 3 falls 2.5 mi · ▲ 398 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 410 ft
- Raider Camp Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 291 ft
- Raider Camp Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 817 ft
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