Windling Stair Knob
3.9 mi · ▲ 760 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Windling Stair Knob is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Cold Springs, NC. The route reaches Windling Stair Knob at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 760 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,618 – 3,383 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.94715, -81.85554
Nearest town Cold Springs, NC
Directions
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Windling Stair Knob
3.9 mi · ▲ 760 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 2,618–3,384 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.94715, -81.85554
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Windling Stair Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
19% gravel81% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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