View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) & Bridges Camp Gap Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 53 min

View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) & Bridges Camp Gap Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Shining Rock Wilderness near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7). It climbs 975 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,990 – 4,682 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.33473, -82.81577

Nearest town Big East Fork, NC

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View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) & Bridges Camp Gap Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 3,989–4,681 ft

Out & Back · Shining Rock Wilderness

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.33473, -82.81577

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 81°F / low 66° · precip 15% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
50 ftPass View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7).
1 miSharp right onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading N.
1.1 miReach View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7), then turn around and head back the way you came.
1.1 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

47% dirt53% unspecified

Weather

Overcast81°F66°

Precip15%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity70%

Hourly temperatureRain chance

85°65°

7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM7:54 PM

Sun 80°64° 66%

Mon 66°59° 60%

Tue 71°53° 16%

Wed 79°54°

Thu 79°59° 25%

Fri 76°59° 43%

View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) & Bridges Camp Gap Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

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View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) & Bridges Camp Gap Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

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