DuPont 3 Waterfalls and 3 Lakes
Hike Number: 595
Area Location: Dupont Forest, WC100
Hike Type: Car Shuttle
Hiking Distance (miles): 9
Difficulty: Moderate
Total Elevation Gain: 1,200
Trail Description: Between the Lake Imaging and Buck Forest parking lots we will visit Grassy Creek Falls, High Falls, Triple Falls, Lake Imaging, Lake Dense and Lake Alford. After an optional half-mile bushwhack to the summit of Joanna Mountain, we will stop at Lake Dense with a backdrop view of Joanna Mountain.
Topos: Standingstone Mtn.
Flower Season: April
DriveHead: Westgate Shopping Center
2nd Meeting Place: Bi-Lo, Pisgah Forest
Driving Distance(Miles-RT): 86
Driving Directions: I-26 E to NC 280 S; left onto US 64 E; right onto Dupont Rd. to Lake Imaging parking lot on left. Short car shuttle to Hooker Falls parking lot on right.
Notes: Lake Dense and Lake Alford are named for local executives in the DuPont Company's Imaging Systems Manufacturing Department.
Hike History: A0801, W0801