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Toms Spring Falls–Caney Bottom Trail, 5 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,214 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Toms Spring Falls–Caney Bottom Trail, 5 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches Toms Spring Falls at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 1,214 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,641 – 3,248 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead 35.31020, -82.79997
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
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Toms Spring Falls–Caney Bottom Trail, 5 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,214 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Elevation 2,641–3,249 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead · 35.31020, -82.79997

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 88°F / low 68° · precip 16% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Headwater Road, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cove Creek Road, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear right onto Headwater Road, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cove Creek Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Upper Cove Creek - A, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Cove Creek Connector, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Cove Creek - B, heading W.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Cove Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left onto Caney Bottom Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.4 miSharp right onto Cove Creek Trail, heading W.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Cove Creek - Daniel Connector, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Lanning Ridge Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto Daniel Ridge Loop, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miReach Toms Spring Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miBear left onto Lanning Ridge Road, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cove Creek - Daniel Connector, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cove Creek Trail, heading N.
  18. 350 ftSharp left onto Lower Cove Creek, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Caney Bottom Trail, heading NE.
  20. 1 miSharp right onto Cove Creek Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Cove Creek - B, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cove Creek Connector, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Cove Creek - A, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Cove Creek Road, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading E.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Cove Creek Road, heading E.
  27. 100 ftTurn right onto Headwater Road, heading E.
  28. 0.4 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/toms-spring-falls-caney-bottom-trail-out-back-5-sights-13-km

Trail surface

60% dirt33% gravel7% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 88°F68°
Precip16%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65° 1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 6% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 13% rain5 PM: 16% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 10% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 8% rain11 PM: 9% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 82°65° 67%
Mon 70°63° 60%
Tue 75°57° 17%
Wed 84°59°
Thu 84°63° 23%
Fri 81°63° 42%

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