The Trail follows an old Forest Service Road (FR 5520). Along the trail there is a concrete storage building that is believed to have held dynamite during the creation of the road. Continue straight (keep left) at the intersection with another old road. When the trail/FR5520 makes a hairpin turn over a stream look for a wood boardwalk and trail straight ahead that will lead to the falls. Continue 100 yards to the trails end at the base of the large falls. 0.7 miles one way, 1.4 round trip. Great family hike with less than 200 elevation change
From Burnsville take US 19E for 4.3 miles to Micaville Loop (follow signs to NC 80S) for .6 miles. Turn Right onto NC 80S and follow it for 11.6 miles. Pass the Mt. Mitchell Golf Course then turn right onto South Toe River Rd. at the stop sign take a right then (following S. Toe River Rd.), then make a left on the first road following the sign "Roaring Fork Creek Falls". Keep left until you reach the end of the road at the Forest Service gated compound and park on the left. The trailhead is on your right (old FR5520).
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