MST Archives - GetGoing NC! https://getgoingnc.com/product-tag/mst/ Explore the outdoors, discover yourself. Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:09:00 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Triangle: MST at Penny’s Bend https://getgoingnc.com/shop/gethiking-guide-to-the-mst-at-pennys-bend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gethiking-guide-to-the-mst-at-pennys-bend https://getgoingnc.com/shop/gethiking-guide-to-the-mst-at-pennys-bend/#respond Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:25:23 +0000 https://getgoingnc.com/?post_type=product&p=11779 Our guide to this 3-mile run of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail along the Eno River in Durham County includes an overview of the hike, key details ("key," as in how to find the trailhead), a route description, map and video virtual visit. All the direction, and inspiration, you need to execute the hike on your own.

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]]> Hiking along the Eno River offers few opportunities to ramble and not pay much attention to the often rocky and rooty trail. Hiking the MST along the Eno from Penny’s Bend north is a different matter.  This is a largely mellow hike, mostly flat, a little gentle roll through an upland hardwood forest. And with few exceptions the trail is in such good shape you can devote your attention to the scenery passing by. 

This is a 6-mile out-and-back hike (using the Navigating feature you can create a shorter version). Sound a little far for your current physical situation? This hike is relatively flat and the trail is in great shape. That is, a good hike if you’re interested in lengthening your game.

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]]> The forecast for a sunny and cool weekend comes as both good news and bad for the hiker. Good, because who doesn’t like to hike when the air is crisp and dry? Bad, because who doesn’t like to hike when the air is crisp and dry?

The best-known trails get inundated on a sunny weekend day. But there are other equally good trails that somehow fly under the radar.  Maybe they’re new, maybe they’re off the beaten path, maybe there’s simply no good reason they haven’t been discovered.

In this three-guide packet we share three trails that, for whatever reason, are great hikes but tend not to attract crowds. They are:

  1. Mountains-to-Sea Trail at Falls Lake: Day-Hike Section L (Rollingview Access to NC 98), Durham. 3.2 miles (one way)
  2. Butner-Falls Lake Game Lands: Butner Depot, Bahama. 5 miles. 
  3. Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area, Snow Camp. 2.5 miles.

Each guide includes a map, detailed route description and overview, in including trail difficulty, how to find the trailhead, what the experience is like and more.

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]]> If there were an award for syntax in the trail world, for compacting as much diverse nature into a short stretch, the James M. Johnston Nature Preserve section of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in Hillsborough would be an odds-on favorite to win. There’s a small, rocky creek that’s accessible and easy to explore; passage through a mountain laurel tunnel; a “mountain” summit; and, some rocky areas to deal with: basically, an outdoor playground that you don’t have to be an experienced hiker to explore. And it’s all along a mile of trail.

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]]> https://getgoingnc.com/shop/gethiking-guide-to-mst-james-m-johnston-nature-preserve/feed/ 0 Triangle: Mountains-to-Sea Trail at Falls Lake | Day-Hike Section P https://getgoingnc.com/shop/gethiking-guide-to-hiking-the-mountains-to-sea-trail-at-falls-lake-day-hike-section-p/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gethiking-guide-to-hiking-the-mountains-to-sea-trail-at-falls-lake-day-hike-section-p https://getgoingnc.com/shop/gethiking-guide-to-hiking-the-mountains-to-sea-trail-at-falls-lake-day-hike-section-p/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:38:48 +0000 https://getgoingnc.com/?post_type=product&p=11002 A quick and comprehensive guide to exploring the 2.9-mile stretch of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail along Falls Lake in Durham between the Hickory Hill Boat Ramp and Cheek Road.

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]]> On its 1,175-mile journey across North Carolina, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail spends 60 miles along Falls Lake, including a 2.9-mile run between the Hickory Hill Boat Ramp and Cheek Road in Durham County. Our guide gives you everything you need to know — trailheads, maps, route description, overview and more — to hike this lesser-used stretch of trail in the Triangle.

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