Shooks Creek Road–Shortoff Trail, 3 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,057 ft · 5 hr 44 min
Shooks Creek Road–Shortoff Trail, 3 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Linville Gorge Wilderness near Linville, NC. It climbs 3,057 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,250 – 2,293 ft · steepest grade: 25%12.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Shortoff Trail 35.82418, -81.88949
Nearest town Linville, NC
Directions
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Shooks Creek Road–Shortoff Trail, 3 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,057 ft · 5 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,251–2,292 ft
Out & Back · Linville Gorge Wilderness
Trailhead: Shortoff Trail · 35.82418, -81.88949
Weather Sep 4: Rain showers, high 91°F / low 73° · precip 18% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Shortoff Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Rick's Crossover, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wolf Pit Road, heading NW.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Shooks Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Shortoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Wolf Pit Road, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Rick's Crossover, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Shortoff Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
53% dirt47% unspecified
Weather
Rain showersTemperature 91°F73°
Precip18%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity90%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70°
Sunrise 7:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sat
95°74°
15%
Sun
92°68°
71%
Mon
79°66°
58%
Tue
83°62°
Wed
88°62°
Thu
92°66°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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