View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7)–Big East Fork Trail, 3 sights
11 mi · ▲ 1,878 ft · 4 hr 36 min
View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7)–Big East Fork Trail, 3 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Shining Rock Wilderness near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 1,878 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7)–Big East Fork Trail, 3 sights
11 mi · ▲ 1,878 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 3,375–4,681 ft
Out & Back · Shining Rock Wilderness
Trailhead: Big East Fork Trail · 35.36462, -82.81682
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 85°F / low 69° · precip 17% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Big East Fork Trail, heading W.
- 3.4 miContinue straight onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
- 1 miReach View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miSharp right onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Big East Fork Trail, heading NE.
- 3.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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