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North Harper Creek Falls–Little Lost Cove Cliffs Trail, 4 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,418 ft · 2 hr 49 min

North Harper Creek Falls–Little Lost Cove Cliffs Trail, 4 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back near Kawana, NC. The route reaches North Harper Creek Falls. It climbs 1,418 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,727 – 3,399 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Lost Cove Cliffs Trail 36.01178, -81.84394
Nearest town Kawana, NC
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North Harper Creek Falls–Little Lost Cove Cliffs Trail, 4 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,418 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 2,728–3,399 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Little Lost Cove Cliffs Trail · 36.01178, -81.84394

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Little Lost Cove Cliffs Trail, heading SE.
  2. 2.3 miPass North Harper Creek Falls.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto North Harper Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miReach North Harper Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto North Harper Creek Falls Trail, heading SE.
  6. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/north-harper-creek-falls-little-lost-cove-cliffs-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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