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North Carolina
King Meadows
13.1 mi
Distance
9,042 ft
Gain
6h 3m
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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King Meadows
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 13.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 9,042 ft
- Elevation loss
- 9,042 ft
- Highest point
- 5,297 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,708 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- yes
About this trail
King Meadows is a 13.05-mile out-and-back trail in North Carolina with 3,399 feet of elevation gain, rated as a hard difficulty hike.
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