Faulkner Flats & Shortoff Trail via Fonta Flora Trail
15.1 mi · ▲ 1,761 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Faulkner Flats & Shortoff Trail via Fonta Flora Trail is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Linville Gorge Wilderness near Linville, NC. It climbs 1,761 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,207 – 1,919 ft · steepest grade: 17%16.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fonta Flora Trail 35.77602, -81.83988
Nearest town Linville, NC
Directions
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Faulkner Flats & Shortoff Trail via Fonta Flora Trail
15.1 mi · ▲ 1,761 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Elevation 1,209–1,920 ft
Out & Back · Linville Gorge Wilderness
Trailhead: Fonta Flora Trail · 35.77602, -81.83988
Weather Sep 4: Rain showers, high 95°F / low 68° · precip 16% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
- Start on Fonta Flora Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Fonta Flora Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading N.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Faulkner Flats, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Shortoff Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Faulkner Flats, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Faulkner Flats, heading NE.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Fonta Flora State Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Fonta Flora Trail, heading NE.
- 2.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
83% dirt2% gravel15% unspecified
Weather
Rain showersTemperature 95°F68°
Feels like85°Precip16%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity82%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°65°
Sunrise 7:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:52 PM
Sat
98°73°
Sun
93°69°
70%
Mon
82°67°
59%
Tue
88°63°
Wed
90°63°
Thu
94°68°
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