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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

  1. Start on Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Falls Trail, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftPass Second Falls.
  5. 150 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.7 miReach Second Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.7 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Falls Trail, heading S.
  10. 150 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail Connector, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading SW.
  12. 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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