North Carolina hiking trails - Thorn Mountain Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Macon County
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Latitude: 35.13139
Longitude: -83.60361
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| | Thorn Mountain Trail is quite far from the nearest urban center and there's great natural beauty awaiting you along it. Take a side tour to Factory Branch, and a good location for whitewater paddling is Nantahala River. In North Carolina you never run out of outdoors fun.
Roaring Fork is a striking stream that is worth visiting. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, if you happen to be in Macon County of North Carolina, Thorn Mountain Trail is a great local trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. You completely ought to have |
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a thing about the Blue Ridge Mountains. There's so much to do here at Thorn Mountain Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Deep Gap Campground is a pleasant location for that; in the event that you don't mind getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on
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There are many hiking trails in the Blue Ridge Mountains where you can absorb the beauty of these mountains. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Thorn Mountain Trail has to offer, you can camp at Deep Gap Primitive Campground; a brilliant place to explore close by is Big Oak Gap. All the water falling down from the sky makes Thorn Mountain Trail a wet location; the wettest month of the year is commonly March, that's the one that rains the most while October is typically the driest month.
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the 80's to Thorn Mountain Trail. Once the sun is down it descends down to the 60's. High temperatures through the wintertime are normally in the 40's, and winter nights come with lows in the 20's to Thorn Mountain Trail.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Thorn Mountain Trail. |
| | Trails Near Thorn Mountain Trail:
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Rufus Morgan Trail, Macon County
, 4 miles away |
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Rartram Trail, Macon County
, 5 miles away |
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Hurricane Creek Trail, Macon County
, 9 miles away |
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Wesser Creek Trail, Swain County
, 9 miles away |
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CHoga Trail, Cherokee County
, 10 miles away |
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Stewart Trail, Macon County
, 12 miles away |
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Gage Trail, Macon County
, 12 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Thorn Mountain Trail:
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Nantahala River, Macon/Clay County
County
, 0 miles away, Class I-II+(III) - 12.74 miles long (Highway 64 to Nantahala Lake) |
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Nantahala River, Macon County
County
, 5 miles away, Class II(III) - 4 miles long (Kimsey Creek to US 64) |
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Whiteoak Creek, Macon County
County
, 7 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 2 miles long (Above Nantahala Cascades) |
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Nantahala River, Macon County
County
, 8 miles away, Class IV-V - 0.7 miles long (FS Road 327 to 1310 Bridge) |
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Nantahala River, Macon/Swain County
County
, 8 miles away, Class III - 3.2 miles long (Route 1310 Bridge to Highway 19) |
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| | Hotels Near Thorn Mountain Trail:
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Ridges Resort & Club, Hiawassee
, 14 miles away |
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Carolina Motel, Franklin
, 14 miles away |
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Ramada Inn Lake Chatuge Lodge Hiawasee, Hiawassee
, 15 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Hiawassee, Ga, Hiawassee
, 15 miles away |
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Franklin-Days Inn, Franklin
, 17 miles away |
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