Tsali Lodge Where To Go Camping Guide

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Appletree Trails

USGS Map: Topton

Follow the directions to the Appletree Camp located under the recreational campsites. Once at the Apple Tree Camp locate the yellow blazes right of the branch on an old road. Follow the yellow blazed road for .3 mile then cross the branch and pass the blue blazed Junaluska Trail to the left. Cross the stream again at .7mile. Later the trail passes by a faint read junction up a gradual grade. Just after the first mile the Apple Tree Trail meets with the green blazed Laurel Creek Trail, which is to the right. A few tenths of a mile down the road, the Apple Tree Trail junctions with Diamond Valley Trail, which is on the left. Passing by the Diamond Valley Trail, the Apple Tree Trail climbs over two knobs and reaches the summit on the third peak. The total mileage is 1.7 miles of strenuous climbing. Here the trail junctions with the London Bald Trail which has a blue blaze. To return back to Apple Tree Camp backtrack, or turn left onto the London Bald Trail for 6.5 miles to Junaluska Gap. Stay right and keep following London Bald Trail another 2.2 miles to the junction with the Nantahala Trail. Follow the Nantahala Trail back to Apple Tree Camp. This loop trail from the third summit adds an additional 11.5 miles for a total of 13 miles. More Information- Appletree Campground and Trails Brochure (263 kb pdf)