Trail Sections
We think of the MST in 38 sections -- numbered west to east -- thanks to Allen de Hart, who devised the route and hiked it with his friend Alan Householder in 1997. He first used these sections in his book Hiking North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (UNC Press 2000). Follow each link below for more information about that section.
Section 1: Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Section 2: Oconaluftee River to Soco Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 3: Soco Gap to Balsam Gap South on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 5: The Mile-High Section in the Pisgah National Forest
Section 6: Beech Gap to the Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 7: Pisgah Inn to Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 8: Folk Art Center to Balsam Gap North on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 9: Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains
Section 10: Woods Mountain Trail
Section 11: Linville Mountains and Gorge
Section 12: Waterfall Backpack through the Pisgah National Forest
Section 13: Tanawha and Boone Fork Trails to Moses Cone Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 14: Blowing Rock to Deep Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 15: Deep Gap to Horse Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 16: Horse Gap to Laurel Springs on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 17: Laurel Springs to Devils Garden Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Section 18: Devils Garden Overlook to Stone Mountain State Park
Section 19: Stone Mountain State Park to I-77 on North Trace Bike Route #4
Section 20: North Trace Bike Route #4 through Surry County
Section 21: The Sauratown Trail from Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock State Park
Section 22: Hanging Rock State Park to Walnut Cove
Section 23: Walnut Cove to Summerfield
Section 24: Greensboro's Watershed Lakes
Section 25: Greensboro's Bryan Park to Durham's West Point on the Eno
Section 26: Durham's West Point on the Eno to Shinleaf State Recreation Area at Falls Lake
Section 27: Falls Lake from Shinleaf Recreation Area to the Dam
Section 28: Falls Lake Dam to Harris Crossroads on NC Bike Route #2
Section 29: Franklin and Nash Counties on NC Bike Route #2
Section 30: Wilson and Wayne Counties on NC Bike Route #7
Section 31: Eureka to LaGrange on NC Bike Route #7
Section 32: LaGrange to Albrittons Crossroads on Bike Routes #7 and #40
Section 33: Albrittons Crossroads to Cove City on Sunset Boulevard
Section 34: Historic Craven County and New Bern
Section 35: Bridgeton to the Ferry Landing at Minnesott Beach
Section 37: Mill Creek to Cedar Island and the Ocracoke Ferry
Section 38: The Outer Banks from Ocracoke to Jockey's Ridge State Park
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