Second Falls via Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches Second Falls. It climbs 536 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,997 – 5,483 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Graveyard Fields Loop Trail 35.32203, -82.84755
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
Directions
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Second Falls via Mountains-to-Sea Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 4,996–5,483 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Graveyard Fields Loop Trail · 35.32203, -82.84755
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Second Falls.
- 150 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach Second Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Falls Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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