Plunge Basin & Plunge Basin Trail
1.3 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 37 min
Plunge Basin & Plunge Basin Trail is a 1.3-mile out-and-back near Linville Falls, NC. The route reaches Plunge Basin at the turnaround, 0.7 miles in. It climbs 369 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3,058 – 3,320 ft · steepest grade: 24%1.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Linville Falls Road 35.95473, -81.92789
Nearest town Linville Falls, NC
Directions
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Plunge Basin & Plunge Basin Trail
1.3 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 37 min
Elevation 3,059–3,319 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Linville Falls Road · 35.95473, -81.92789
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Plunge Basin Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Plunge Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Linville Falls Road Trailhead
- Duggers Creek Falls & Plunge Basin Overlook via Plunge Basin Trail 1 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Linville Falls–Upper Linville Falls, 5 falls 1.1 mi · ▲ 90 ft
- Chimney View & Erwin's View Trail 1.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Erwin's View Outlook–Gorge View, 3 viewpoints 1.6 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Marion Wright via Erwin's View Trail 2 mi · ▲ 269 ft
- Linville Falls Connector Trail via Erwin's View Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 202 ft
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