Mountains to Sea Trail: US 74A to French Broad River is a 9.4 mile heavily trafficked point-to-point trail located near Asheville, North Carolina that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
February 27, 2021
February 16, 2021February 9, 2021January 12, 2021December 23, 2020November 16, 2020October 25, 2020This portion of the MST is well taken care of and runs along the parkway for it's duration. It's a great trail to hop on if you want to go on a quick nature break. I don't believe bikes are allowed. It is runner and dog friendly! Downsides: traffic noise from the parkway and various surrounding roads, part of it runs up against a residential area, 2 highway crossings on Parkway bridges. If wanted, you can break it up into smaller segments as there are places to park along the parkway. I've been hiking the MST a lot with a friend or 2 and we'll leave a car at our end point instead of making this an out and back trail. (2 miles to I-26, 3 miles to Hendersonville Rd, 4 miles to NC-74)
October 23, 2020October 9, 2020September 8, 2020Simple hike through the woods. You walk along the Blue Ridge Parkway some and need to cross occasionally. No great views on the portion we did but very well maintained and great woodsy feel.
August 7, 2020Very well-maintained. Get there early to avoid traffic. Be advised: sometimes there are bears on the trail - especially in the morning.
July 19, 2020Good trail running stretch. You can go a few miles on mostly flat or rolling hills closer to Hendersonville Road. Maybe a couple short climbs on the east end of this section. Sometimes groups hike here so it’s hard to get solitude.
June 27, 2020nice trail, follows the road so will be traffic noise. not much to see but definitely a good running trail. most people I saw on trail were running.
June 20, 2020Ran part of this trail and liked it. It’s a good hidden one closer to the road but not very loud early morning.
May 27, 2020Just a quick out and back
May 24, 2020Didn’t hike too far but a lot of road noise on this section. It runs right along the parkway
March 28, 2020Nice undulating trail. A couple muddy spots after the rain and a couple small creek crossings Which are easy. great trail for dogs. went out and back for a total of about 1.7 miles.
September 17, 2019My friend and I did this trail one afternoon. We are both young and active, and we did not enjoy this trail! We can only assume it is called mountain to sea because of the frequent elevation changes. We don’t mind steep inclines if there is a rewarding view at the top. However, this hike had continuous inclines followed by downhill treks... closely followed by another steep incline! We saw no views until about 4 miles in when we had to go off the trail to scale rocks to at least make the view worth while before turning around. The view was finally beautiful, but we didn’t even get to see the final overlook because we had to turn around, and therefore felt defeated by the strenuous terrain. Would not recommend!
July 26, 2019Simple trail in the woods. Not too hard, not to easy.
March 10, 2019Great trail just super muddy, but it’s been raining a lot here lately, just had to get out! Beautiful day, just hasn’t dried out lol Great trail though
January 29, 2019Fun, simple trail that is easily accessed from multiple spots. Parking may be limited at times and difficult for vehicles with low clearance. Road noise is a bit of a down side but it's perfect if you want to go for a hike/run and not feel like your completely in the wilderness.
October 15, 2018
First to ReviewVery noisy with the trail being so close to the highway but other than that good.
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