Monday morning, I woke up and broke camp and left the Curtis Creek area. Going east on US-70 to Marion, I took US-225 north to the Woodlawn Work Center where there is a trailhead for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Hiking MST westbound, the trail climbed gradually so was hoping it would stay this way. After about a mile, however, it started to go down for about another mile to cross Toms Creek.
There were a lot of wildflowers blooming along here. The devil's bite were particularly nice.
In a short ways, the trail then crossed South Fork Toms Creek at a concrete ford. Not wanting to get my feet wet, I rock hopped a little downstream. After this point, the trail started heading up very steeply. With the heat and humidity, it was a brutal climb up. It leveled off in places, but was all uphill to Woods Mountain. A very overgrown spur trail led to the summit but there were no views from here.
A lookout tower had once stood here, but now all that's left are the concrete supports. So I started hiking back down. Before leaving the area, I wanted to get one more waterfall, so made the short drive to Toms Creek Falls. Its only half a mile up Falls Branch Trail (#214) to the scenic waterfall.
I climbed around on the rocks to get some photos and then made the short hike back.
It was about a 3 hour drive home from here.
There were a lot of wildflowers blooming along here. The devil's bite were particularly nice.
In a short ways, the trail then crossed South Fork Toms Creek at a concrete ford. Not wanting to get my feet wet, I rock hopped a little downstream. After this point, the trail started heading up very steeply. With the heat and humidity, it was a brutal climb up. It leveled off in places, but was all uphill to Woods Mountain. A very overgrown spur trail led to the summit but there were no views from here.
A lookout tower had once stood here, but now all that's left are the concrete supports. So I started hiking back down. Before leaving the area, I wanted to get one more waterfall, so made the short drive to Toms Creek Falls. Its only half a mile up Falls Branch Trail (#214) to the scenic waterfall.
I climbed around on the rocks to get some photos and then made the short hike back.
It was about a 3 hour drive home from here.
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