Jeep & Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail
12 mi · ▲ 2,506 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Jeep & Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back in Linville Gorge Wilderness near Linville, NC. It climbs 2,506 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,207 – 2,959 ft · steepest grade: 25%12.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail 35.79705, -81.85660
Nearest town Linville, NC
Directions
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Jeep & Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail
12 mi · ▲ 2,506 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,209–2,959 ft
Out & Back · Linville Gorge Wilderness
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 W.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Schoonover Crossover, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Rick's Crossover, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jeep, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rick's Crossover, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Schoonover Crossover, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Fonta Flora State Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 2.4 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
97% dirt2% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:52 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Fonta Flora State Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail 5 mi · ▲ 231 ft
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