Toms Spring Falls & Daniel Ridge Loop
5.4 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Toms Spring Falls & Daniel Ridge Loop is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Balsam Grove, NC. The route reaches Toms Spring Falls. It climbs 948 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Toms Spring Falls & Daniel Ridge Loop
5.4 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 2,638–3,438 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lanning Ridge Road · 35.28484, -82.82867
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 87°F / low 69° · precip 18% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lanning Ridge Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Daniel Ridge Loop, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Toms Spring Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Lanning Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Daniel Ridge Loop, heading SW.
- 2.6 miBear right onto Lanning Ridge Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lanning Ridge Road Trailhead
- Toms Spring Falls & Daniel Ridge Loop 1.5 mi · ▲ 264 ft
- Lanning Ridge Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 434 ft
- Lanning Ridge Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 490 ft
- Lower Cove Creek via Lanning Ridge Road 3 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Daniel Ridge Loop Loop 4.7 mi · ▲ 803 ft
- Lanning Ridge Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 656 ft
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