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Lake James State Park

Fonta Flora Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Fonta Flora Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Lake James State Park near Linville, NC. It climbs 436 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,230 – 1,417 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.78875, -81.89699
Nearest town Linville, NC
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Fonta Flora Trail

7.5 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 1,229–1,418 ft

Out & Back · Lake James State Park

Trailhead: 35.78875, -81.89699

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 1.1 miSharp left onto Fonta Flora Trail, heading NE.
  3. 2.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 2.6 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fonta-flora-trail-out-back-12-km-5109

Trail surface

30% gravel70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:51 PM

Hikes near Linville, North Carolina