Fontana Loop Trail & Hoor Hollow Trail via Old Fontana Forest Road
5.8 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Fontana Loop Trail & Hoor Hollow Trail via Old Fontana Forest Road is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Fontana Village, NC. It climbs 683 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fontana Loop Trail & Hoor Hollow Trail via Old Fontana Forest Road
5.8 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 1,724–2,118 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 35.43964, -83.79374
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 7% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Old Fontana Forest Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bee Cove Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Fontana Forest Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fontana Loop Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Fairhaven Court, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Hoor Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Goldbranch Court, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hoor Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Fontana Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Goldbranch Court, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hoor Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Fairhaven Court, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fontana Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Old Fontana Forest Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bee Cove Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Fontana Forest Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Old Fontana Forest Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 263 ft
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- Old Fontana Forest Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 441 ft
- Old Fontana Forest Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft
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