Harris Creek Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Woods Mountain Extension
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,719 ft · 3 hr
Harris Creek Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Woods Mountain Extension is a 6.4-mile out-and-back near Woodlawn, NC. It climbs 1,719 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,480 – 2,001 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.76712, -82.04261
Nearest town Woodlawn, NC
Directions
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Harris Creek Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Woods Mountain Extension
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,719 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 1,479–2,003 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.76712, -82.04261
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Woodlawn Fitness Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Woods Mountain Extension, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Harris Creek Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Woods Mountain Extension, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Woods Mountain Extension, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Woodlawn Fitness Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:50 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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