Duggers Creek Falls & Plunge Basin Overlook via Plunge Basin Trail
1 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 25 min
Duggers Creek Falls & Plunge Basin Overlook via Plunge Basin Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back near Linville Falls, NC. The route passes Duggers Creek Falls before reaching Plunge Basin Overlook at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 175 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Duggers Creek Falls & Plunge Basin Overlook via Plunge Basin Trail
1 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 25 min
Elevation 3,188–3,306 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Linville Falls Road · 35.95612, -81.92842
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 85°F / low 65° · precip 19% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Linville Falls Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Duggers Creek Falls.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Plunge Basin Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Plunge Basin Overlook.
- 50 ftReach Duggers Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Linville Falls Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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