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Clingmans Dome Jockey's Ridge Mountains-to-Sea Trail Clingmans Dome to Jockey’s Ridge State Park; March 23, 2018 Ashe County Alleghany County Surry County Virginia Sparta Rockingham County Stokes County Stone Mountain Jefferson State Park Mt. Airy Danbury µ C Pilot Mountain Wata o uga u Thurmond Hanging Rock n State Park e ty Chatham Elkin State Park e Reidsville s Game Land s Boone Haw Riv e er S.P. ty Forsyth County n n u G y uil o y ford County Orange County t n N. Wilkesboro t C n n e y u u r o Winston-Salem T e o C v C A s n i e Eno River k k Hillsborough l Caldwell d i y a State Park t W Co Y n Y un Burlington Falls Lake u an ty o c C e County y es Greensboro n C ilk State Rec. i o W l y u Pisgah k t n n n Jockey’s Ridge t Durham y Area F a u ra r o P! National n F kl C in h C s Forest Cane Creek o a . B N u rk Reservoir e Saxapahaw Durham Co County un William ty Alamance County B. Umstead y unt nty Co State Park ou be C om Raleigh unc B ty son Marion un Wil H Pisgah Morganton Co Clingmans Dome a y w National o o d Forest P Black i P! y tt t C n o Mountain u G u o r n Great Smoky C n e t Asheville e o en y C cDowell unty k st e o M Co a n C Mountains National Park u W h o n o Smithfield y u y ty J t t n n Waynesville t n u y u o o C C e n e r y a H a e W D n d Goldsboro J e r a s ain County c o C Sw k n ra s v o en n C Howell Woods ou nty Pisgah Kinston C Bentonville o National u n Battlefield ! ! t ! Forest y ! ! C nty o co Cou u Pamli n ty Jo n ! e ! ! ! y y s ! ! t nt y C ! n u Charlotte ! Nantahala Co t o ou nia n un ! lva u ty ! C nsy o New Bern ! de National Forest ra ! y T C ! ! H ! S ! a Cedar Island! m ir ! no ! ! Fayetteville p Le . s S Geor o . gia Clinton C n NWR N r a C ! v o Hoffman Forest e t ! u n u Croatan ! n o C t k y o National o u o Roseboro n L t e D y Forest p u a p C l i Havelock y Cumberland County n t n C u o Bladen County o C u Carteret County t n re t y te r a S C o Bladen Lakes u State Forest Jacksonville th Angola Bay O Jones Lake n y s C t l n Game Land o a State Park u w o White C r C o r o l Lake e u i Elizabethtown d Holly n n n t e y a P Shelter Whitehall Plantation Game Burgaw Game Land Land Moores Creek National Battlefield Surf City Wilmington Legend Current Route Future Route Trails Trails Under Construction Major Water Bodies Roads Completed Trails Municipal Boundaries Paddle Route Planned Route County Boundaries Miles Optional Routes Parks & Open Space 0 15 30 60 90 120 150 Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail acknowledges the following data providers: United States Census Bureau; Protected Areas Database of the US (PADUS); NC Division of Parks and Recreation; North Carolina Corporate Geographic Database; NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis; NCDOT; Piedmont Triad Council of Governments; Alamance County; Guilford County; Johnston County GIS; Jones County GIS; Onslow County GIS; Surry County; The Southwest North Carolina Planning and Economic Development Commission; Town of Hillsborough; Town of Smithfield; Haw River Trail; Trail GPS data provided by Don Walton, Joe Miller and Carolina Mountain Club; Falls Lake Trail GPS data provided by Ian Fraher; Neusiok Trail GPS data provided by John Jaskolka; additional trail GPS data provided by Pete Wetzel and Jim Grode. Map created March 23, 2018 by Curtis Belyea..
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