Right Loop Connector & Windy Overlook
7.1 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Right Loop Connector & Windy Overlook is a 7.1-mile out-and-back near Almond, NC. It climbs 742 ft. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Right Loop Connector & Windy Overlook
7.1 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,711–2,006 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: County Line Road · 35.40784, -83.58509
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 92°F / low 68° · precip 8% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Left Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto County Line Road, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Right Loop Connector, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Right Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Windy Overlook, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Right Loop Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Right Loop, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear right onto 2nd Alternate, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto County Line Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Left Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~82 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from County Line Road Trailhead
- Left Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Mouse Branch Loop & Thompson Loop 4 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- County Line Road & Right Loop Connector 4.5 mi · ▲ 408 ft
- Mouse Branch Loop & Thompson Loop Loop 6.9 mi · ▲ 573 ft
- County Line Road–Right Loop Connector Loop, 3 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 688 ft
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