Fonta Flora Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Fonta Flora Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Fonta Flora County Park near Linville, NC. It climbs 349 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fonta Flora Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 1,223–1,376 ft
Out & Back · Fonta Flora County Park
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail · 35.79705, -81.85660
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Fonta Flora Trail, heading S.
- 2.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach Fonta Flora Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Fonta Flora Connector Trail, 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail Trailhead
- Lake James & Detour via Fonta Flora Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Fonta Flora State Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail 5 mi · ▲ 231 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 812 ft
- Jeep & Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail 12 mi · ▲ 2,506 ft
- Gully Pipe–Faulkner Flats, 4 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,405 ft
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