Linville Gorge Wilderness

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

  1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading W.
  2. 2.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 1.6 miTurn left onto Schoonover Crossover, heading NW.
  7. 200 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading NW.
  8. 250 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
  9. 1 miBear right onto Rick's Crossover, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jeep, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miReach Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rick's Crossover, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
  16. 1 miTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading S.
  17. 250 ftBear left onto Schoonover Crossover, heading S.
  18. 200 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading SE.
  19. 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  22. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Fonta Flora State Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail, heading SE.
  25. 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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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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