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Widow's Creek Campground Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Stone Mountain State Park/North Carolina

Widow's Creek Campground Trail

Traphill, North Carolina

5.7 mi

Distance

1,709 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Widow's Creek Campground Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:418 ft
Max:778 ft
Gain:521 ft
Loss:521 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 418 ft and 778 ft across 5.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.418 ft538 ft658 ft778 ft0.0 mi1.4 mi2.9 mi4.3 mi5.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi418 ft
High point2.4 mi778 ft
End5.7 mi418 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

Managed by North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Sparta, NC · about 7 mi away
County:
Wilkes County, NC
Jurisdiction:
Stone Mountain State Park · North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

  • Operator:(336) 957-8185
  • Address:3042 Frank Parkway, Roaring Gap, NC 28668 · NC
We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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