Secret Falls Trail
North Carolina
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0.7 mi
Distance
403 ft
Gain
17 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside National Forests in North Carolina
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Secret Falls Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 403 ft
- Elevation loss
- 403 ft
- Highest point
- 2,713 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,527 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Secret Falls Trail is a 1.32-mile out-and-back hike in North Carolina with 403 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,713 feet.
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