# Mountains\-to\-Sea Trail: Premier North Carolina State Trail\. 1000 miles of NC hikes from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks\.

> The MST is NC’s state hiking trail, stretching 1175 miles from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks, passing many of NC’s most beautiful places\.

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## Pages
- [MST 50th](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/50years/)
- [MST Birthday](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/challenges/birthday/)
- [Home](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/)
- [49 Mile Challenge Leaderboard](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/49-mile-challenge-leaderboard/)
- [Falls Lake Tailrace Area Detour](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/falls-lake-tailrace-area-detour/)

## Posts
- [MST in the Mountains \- Helene Recovery Update](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/2026/04/mst-in-the-mountains-helene-recovery-update/)
- [Western Terminus Marker Unveiled at Kuwohi](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/2026/04/kuwohimarker/)
- [Land acquisition sets up major MST expansion in Carteret County](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/2026/04/land-acquisition-carteret/)
- [Changes to the MST in 2025](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/2026/01/2025-mst-changes/)
- [FIRST PUBLIC NATURAL SURFACE TRAIL OPENS IN SAMPSON COUNTY](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/2025/11/pondberry-trail-opens/)

## Portfolio
- [Segments 11A\-16A](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/segment/11a-16a/): \<center\>\<h1\>The Neuse River Paddle Route\</h1\>
\<h3\>Smithfield to the Neusiok Trail\</h3\>
\<h4\>168\.7 miles\</h4\>
\<h5 class="activity"\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/paddling\-icon\.png" alt="Paddling" width="50" height="50"  title="Paddling" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full wp\-image\-8688" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/trail\-towns\-icon\.png" alt="Trail Communities on Route" width="50" height="50" title="Trail Communities on Route" /\>\</h5\>
\<h6\>\<strong\>Difficulty\</strong\>: \<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2016/12/difficulty\-moderate\.png" alt="difficulty: moderate" width="95" height="23" /\>\</h6\>\</center\>
- [Segment 11](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/segment/11/): \<center\>\<h1\>Neuse River Greenways \& the Let’Lones\</h1\>
\<h3\>Falls Lake Dam to Howell Woods\</h3\>
\<h4\>67\.7 miles\</h4\>
\<h5 class="activity"\>\<img class="alignnone" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/hiking\-icon\.png" alt="Hiking" title="Hiking" width="50" height="50" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/road\-biking\-icon\.png" alt="Road Biking" width="50" height="50" title="Road Biking" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/ADA\-icon\.png" alt="ADA Accessible Areas" width="50" height="50"  title="ADA Accessible Areas" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/trail\-towns\-icon\.png" alt="Trail Communities on Route" width="50" height="50" title="Trail Communities on Route" /\>\</h5\>
\<h6\>\<strong\>Difficulty\</strong\>: \<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2016/12/difficulty\-easy\.png" alt="difficulty: easy" width="61" height="23" /\>\</h6\>\</center\>
- [Segment 14](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/segment/14/): \<center\>\<h1\>Land of History\</h1\>
\<h3\>Singletary Lake State Park to Holly Shelter Game Land\</h3\>
\<h4\>66\.0 miles\</h4\>

\<h5 class="activity"\>\<img class="alignnone" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/hiking\-icon\.png" alt="Hiking" title="Hiking" width="50" height="50" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/road\-biking\-icon\.png" alt="Road Biking" width="50" height="50" title="Road Biking" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/ADA\-icon\.png" alt="ADA Accessible Areas" width="50" height="50" title="ADA Accessible Areas" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/trail\-towns\-icon\.png" alt="Trail Communities on Route" width="50" height="50" title="Trail Communities on Route" /\>\</h5\>
\<h6\>\<strong\>Difficulty\</strong\>: \<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2016/12/difficulty\-easy\.png" alt="difficulty: easy" width="61" height="23" /\>\</h6\>\</center\>
- [Segment 18](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/segment/18/): \<center\>\<h1\>The Outer Banks\</h1\>
\<h3\>Cedar Island Ferry to Jockey’s Ridge State Park\</h3\>
\<h4\>82\.3 miles\</h4\>
\<h5 class="activity"\>\<img class="alignnone wp\-image\-8681" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/hiking\-icon\.png" alt="Hiking" title="Hiking" width="50" height="50" /\>\<img class="alignnone" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/backpacking\-icon\.png" alt="Backpacking" width="50" height="50" title="2\+ Campsites @10 Miles Apart" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/road\-biking\-icon\.png" alt="Road Biking" width="50" height="50" title="Road Biking" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/ADA\-icon\.png" alt="ADA Accessible Areas" width="50" height="50" title="ADA Accessible Areas" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full wp\-image\-8688" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/trail\-towns\-icon\.png" alt="Trail Communities on Route" width="50" height="50" title="Trail Communities on Route" /\>\</h5\>
\<h6\>\<strong\>Difficulty\</strong\>: \<img class="alignnone wp\-image\-9024 size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2016/12/difficulty\-moderate\.png" alt="difficulty: moderate" width="95" height="23" /\>\</h6\>\</center\>
- [Segment 12](https://mountainstoseatrail.org/segment/12/): \<center\>\<h1\>Agricultural Heartland\</h1\>
\<h3\>Howell Woods to Suggs Mill Pond Game Land\</h3\>
\<h4\>66\.2 miles\</h4\>
\<h5 class="activity"\>\<img src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/hiking\-icon\.png" alt="Hiking" title="Hiking" width="50" height="50" class="alignnone size\-full" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/road\-biking\-icon\.png" alt="Road Biking" width="50" height="50" title="Road Biking" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/trail\-towns\-icon\.png" alt="Trail Communities on Route" width="50" height="50" title="Trail Communities on Route" /\>\<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2012/10/paddling\-icon\.png" alt="Paddling" width="50" height="50" title="Paddling" /\>\</h5\>
\<h6\>\<strong\>Difficulty\</strong\>: \<img class="alignnone size\-full" src="https://mountainstoseatrail\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2016/12/difficulty\-easy\.png" alt="difficulty: easy" width="61" height="23" /\>
\</h6\>\</center\>

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