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North Carolina
LAKE TRAIL
1.3 mi
Distance
378 ft
Gain
31 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.
Boundary data
What's missing
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LAKE TRAIL
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 378 ft
- Elevation loss
- 378 ft
- Highest point
- 687 ft
- Lowest point
- 569 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Lake Trail is a 2.56-mile out-and-back hike in North Carolina with 378 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 687 feet.
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