Name: Occoneechee Mountain Loop Trail
Rating: 4.1

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · River/Creek · Swimming

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November - February: 8am - 6pm
March, April, October, and September: 8am - 8pm
May - August: 8am - 9pm
Closed Christmas Day

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From the parking lot head to the information booth past the toilets. Continue past the information booth to the trailhead. If you always stay left whenever you encounter a trail junction you'll keep on the trail.

You begin with a steady climb on switchbacks through oak forests. Eventually, the trail flattens out and then trends down toward the river where you'll meet the river at a large boulder. Continue along the river until you find some built in stairs that head up past an old quarry. (There's a sign that says 'no climbing or rappelling' but the rock quality is so weak and fractured who would want to?) The stairs eventually flatten out, and you pass around to the other side of the mountain which features some mixed pine forest.

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Land Manager: North Carolina State Parks

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4.1 from 20 votes

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in Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

#2038

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4.1 from 20 votes

5 Star		35%
4 Star		40%
3 Star		20%
2 Star		5%
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Jul 30, 2024

Gene Erb

Jul 2, 2022

Omar Ghaznavi

Mar 20, 2022

Lysandra Weber

2.4mi — 11h 06m

Dec 4, 2021

Lewis Townsend

Aug 8, 2021

Joy Yang

Jun 16, 2020

Debie Talbot

Jun 7, 2020

Ryan Lanci

2.5mi

Dec 28, 2019

Rebecca C

11h 06m

Nov 29, 2019

Nathan Tilley

2.7mi — 1h 15m

Nov 17, 2019

Daryl Moncayo

great trail. 41° 830am 11/17. I jogged it and lost of vines/ankle breakers. wouldn't really recommend as a trail run, but good for an easy hike. 2.3mi — 8h 30m

Oct 21, 2019

Jennifer Marquardt

Just went out to the river and back. 2.6mi

Oct 10, 2019

Nick J

Did part of loop up to overlook 1.4mi

Sep 21, 2019

Amy Lynn Kelley

Apr 6, 2019

Elizabeth McIntyre

Mar 23, 2019

Amber Rosado

Feb 15, 2019

Richard Flickinger

Dec 26, 2018

Chelsea Vanderpool

Nov 16, 2018

Noah Fleming

2.2mi

Oct 9, 2018

Jack Knapp

Aug 5, 2018

Nestor Vives

5mi

Jul 29, 2018

Heather Chisolm

Occoneechee Mtn Loop + Chesnut Ridge 3.6mi

May 12, 2018

Catherine Thomas

Jan 28, 2018

Nathaniel Fisher

No stops, casual but quick pace 2.5mi

Jan 20, 2018

Sarah M

Dec 19, 2017

Allison Binkley

2.5mi

Nov 25, 2017

Steven Bergman

Feb 25, 2017

Amanda Cooley

With Pam 2.2mi

Feb 12, 2017

Susette Harvey

Dec 28, 2016

Gregory Bethea

Walked from Weaver Street Market to the trail through the River Park.

Nov 23, 2016

Randi Semera

Sep 10, 2016

Sarah Richardson

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Occoneechee Mountain Loop Trail

“A loop from the rocky summit down to the Eno River. ”

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750' 228 m

505' 154 m

367' 112 m

376' 115 m

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