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Jeffers Lake–Demonstration Trail, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 56 min

Jeffers Lake–Demonstration Trail, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back near Jeter Mountain Terrace, NC. The route reaches Jeffers Lake. It climbs 531 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,165 – 2,641 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Short Cut Trail 35.23937, -82.57973
Nearest town Jeter Mountain Terrace, NC
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Jeffers Lake–Demonstration Trail, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 56 min

Elevation 2,164–2,640 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Short Cut Trail · 35.23937, -82.57973

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Short Cut Trail, heading S.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Demonstration Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Talking Tree Trail, heading E.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Demonstration Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Salamander Spur Trail, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftSharp right onto Demonstration Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miPass Jeffers Lake.
  8. 200 ftContinue straight onto Knoll Drive, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftBear right onto Demonstration Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Short Cut Trail, heading S.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto Knoll Drive, heading S.
  12. 250 ftReach Jeffers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 250 ftBear right onto Short Cut Trail, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto Demonstration Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Knoll Drive, heading NE.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Demonstration Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left onto Salamander Spur Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Demonstration Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Talking Tree Trail, heading N.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Demonstration Trail, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Short Cut Trail, heading W.
  22. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jeffers-lake-demonstration-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Jeter Mountain Terrace, North Carolina