Lake James & Detour via Fonta Flora Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 242 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Lake James & Detour via Fonta Flora Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Fonta Flora County Park near Linville, NC. The route reaches Lake James. It is mostly level, with 242 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake James & Detour via Fonta Flora Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 242 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 1,207–1,323 ft
Out & Back · Fonta Flora County Park
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Connector Trail · 35.79705, -81.85660
Weather Sep 4: Heavy showers, high 94°F / low 69° · precip 16% · wind 4 mph · 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 SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Fonta Flora Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Lake James.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Detour, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Fonta Flora Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Fonta Flora Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fonta Flora Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fonta Flora Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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